Noted social activist Anna Hazare will arrive in the State capital on Thursday as part of the nationwide Jantantra Yatra that started in the State on July 5 from Rewa district.
Interacting with the media here on Wednesday, Kamleshwar Sharma, who is a member of the Jantantra Yatra coordination committee, informed that Anna Hazare will arrive at Mandideep where he will be welcomed by local people. The Yatra will reach Jyoti Talkies in MP Nagar at 1 o’clock in the afternoon from and subsequently it will proceed to New Market where he will be felicitated by the local business community.
later in the day, Anna Hazare will address a public meeting at Gandhi Bhawan. After a night halt here, the yatra will proceed to Raisen.
Sharma informed that the Jantantrik Yatra has entered the state in its fourth stage after completing the third stage in Uttar Pradesh. He told that Hazare is scheduled to lead the yatra in 27 districts of the state. “Hazare has already visited Rewa, Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad apart from many other cities. From Bhopal, he will move to Raisen, Vidisha, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ujjain and Dewas. The fourth stage of the yatra will conclude in Indore on July 17. A leadership building workshop will be held at Indore on July 18,” Sharma informed.
The campaign is aimed at raising the awareness of common people so that they would use their vote to elect such representatives who work for eliminating corruption from the political system, Sharma informed.