In protest against the rampant corruption in the country, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) will stage demonstrations on July 27 at all district headquarters in the country.
Besides, the ABVP will also begin a nationwide campaign from Nagpur on August 9 (Quit India Movement Day) to compel those accused of coruption and holding political posts to quit.
State secretary of the ABVP, Punjab, Ashutosh Tiwari said here today that lakhs of ABVP workers and activists throughout the country would take part in the 27 July programme.
He said that on that day, they would hold demonstrations in front of the offices of the Deputy Commissioners to send a strong message to the UPA government against corruption.
Tiwari further said that on August 15, when Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would hoist Tri-colour in Delhi, the ABVP activists and workers would take out a foot-march at the same time throughout the country to create awareness among the masses against the Congress-led UPA government, allegedly involved in scams.
He also asked the Punjab government to hold elections to the students unions in the colleges and universities as it had not been held in the last 25 years. He said the ABVP representatives had met Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal about one and a half years ago in Chandigarh in this regard, but to no avail.
Tiwari also announced in that case their demand, regarding elections to the students unions, was not accepted then they would gherao the MLAs and MPs in their respective areas to ask them why they were contesting elections if they were not in favour of elections to the students union.
He said the ABVP was not opposing the setting up of private universities in the state, but it wanted that the government should ensure that such universities should not function like business establishments. Rather, they should work for the welfare of students, Tiwari added.
Speaking on behalf of the 'Youth Against Corruption', a wing of the ABVP, Ashutosh said the youths, associated with the organisation, were in favour of corruption-free India. This was the reason why they were fighting against corruption and preparing the countrymen to fight against corrupt practices.
He said the organisation also wanted that ‘Prevention of Bribery in Private Sectors/NGO Sector Bill 2011’ should be discussed in Parliament and passed to make the country free from corruption. He said the organisation also wanted that the Government of India should immediately implement anti-corruption treaty of the United Nations (UN).
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