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Pune duo uses cyberspace to give thrust to Anna's campaign

Two youngsters in Pune have used social networking sites to garner massive support from the youth for Anna Hazare.

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Two youngsters from the city, Bhavesh Bhati (21) and Divyang Baltoda (16), have used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to garner massive support from the youth for the anti-corruption movement led by 72-year-old Gandhian Anna Hazare.

The duo, addicted to these social networking sites, managed to reach out to a large number of youngsters to join the movement for a strong Lokpal Bill.

Pune has been one of the epicentres of the massive movement in favour of team Anna that is striving to bring in strong anti-corruption laws in the country.

A major section of Puneites taking part in the rallies and agitations comprises youngsters and college students.

Most of these young men admitted that they have come to know about the movement through a group created by activists of India Against Corruption (IAC), on Facebook.

Both Bhavesh and Divyang had joined the group during the initial days of the movement.

“Those days the Facebook group had a thousand odd members and after joining, we both decided to increase the activities as well as the membership of the group,” recalled Bhavesh.

After including their friends and relatives, these youngsters had launched an outreach programme to popularise the group on Facebook.

“We used to stand on the road with handwritten placards urging people to join the group to support the movement. We distributed pamphlets in schools and colleges urging people to join the group and to participate in the movement,” he said.

The duo’s efforts bore fruits as the group’s membership shot up to 10,000 within the next few days.

Through the group, the duo has managed to keep the members updated about the series of events planned.

“Many of participants of the rallies organised in support of Anna had read about these activities on social network sites. We also constantly updated the activities of IAC on social networking sites using our cellphones,” said Divyang.
On August 16, when the police had detained more than 1,000 volunteers,

Divyang, kept on updating the postings about the
happenings.

“Social networking has proved to be the engine behind the success of this movement. We urge more people to join the group,” they requested.

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