Author: Times News Network
Publication: The Times of India
Date: August 22, 2011
Asixth n angry day tide of his converged fast,
the at ranks Ramlila of his Ground supporters on Sunday swelled. As to 74
over -year 1 - lakh old Anna, making Hazare it the entered biggest the show
of people's power at the ground in decades. Supporters from across the country
streamed in relentlessly through the day, singing and chanting, waving the
Tricolour and wearing the 'Anna topi' to back the anti-corruption movement.
Sunday's numbers were easily five times that seen at the ground on any of
the previous days. Police initially estimated the attendance at 30,000. After
thousands more came from India Gate in the evening, the figure had swelled
to over 50,000. By late night, the police confirmed that the turnout had exceeded
one lakh. Several NRIs had come too. Many flew in from places like Bangalore,
Pune, Mumbai and Patna. Said Jatin Sherawat, an MA student from Gandhinagar,
"We are a team of seven students who decided to come after watching the
protest on TV. We couldn't imagine not being here."
