By IANS,
Jammu : People in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir took out processions and set up free kitchens at various places Sunday to celebrate the end of Anna Hazare’s fast.
With the Indian tricolour forming the backdrop, free kitchens in Jammu city offered food to all those who thronged there.
“It is our way of celebrating the victory of Anna. He has broken his fast today and it is time to feed the people,” Darshan Kumar, one of the activists involved in organising the ‘langar’ or free kitchen, told IANS.
Although the Lokpal bill, as and when passed, will not be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir until the state legislature passes a corresponding anti-graft bill, yet the people expressed their support for Hazare.
“We are with Anna because our state is the most corrupt. We want Anna to come here and start an anti-corruption movement,” an activist at Bakshi Nagar said. “Jammu and Kashmir needs a strong anti-corruption movement.”
Jammu and Kashmir, because of its special status under Article 370 of the constitution, is immune from laws passed by parliament.
Several groups, including political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party, held ‘victory rallies’ over the success of Anna Hazare.
Hazare ended his 12-day fast in Delhi Sunday after parliament agreed in-principle to his three key demands — a citizen’s charter for every government department, ombudsmen for all states and inclusion of the lower bureaucracy in the Lokpal’s ambit.