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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VD)
Mangalore, Aug 9: The local unit of Akhila Bharathiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) held a rasta roko at Bunts Hostel circle here on Tuesday August 9 at 11 am.
The rasta roko is a part of a nationwide protest condemning the central government led by UPA for abetting corruption.
The leaders and members of Mangalore unit of ABVP gathered in large numbers to form a human chain and blocked the road for about 15 minutes.
Speaking on the occasion ABVP organizing secretary Ramesh said that the Janlokpal bill should be implemented, black money invested in foreign banks should be brought back to India and lavish expenditure on elections in the country should be minimized. He stressed that the CBI and COD investigative agencies should be made to function liberally and more power should be given to Lokayukta.
He urged that Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit should resign from her post as the CAG report had already indicted her in Commonwealth Games scam. Moreover, the ABVP demanded the resignation of the officials in the PMO as well as of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as both have been directly charged of acts of corruption. He said that only youth power can find a solution for all the mess created by the UPA government.
Manohar, student president of Ramakrishna College, leaders Mithesh, Parvathi, Mahesh G among others took part.