Social activist Anna Hazare undertakes 'maun andolan' to support protesting students
Social activist Anna Hazare held a silent protest in Maharashtra to support students demonstrating in Delhi against examination irregularities. He urged the government to view the protests as a reflection of societal agony rather than a law-and-order issue.
Why it matters
The involvement of prominent activists like Anna Hazare highlights the growing political pressure on the government to address student demands and ministerial accountability.
Social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday (July 23, 2026) observed a two-hour-long maun andolan (silent protest) at Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra to extend his support for protesting students in Delhi.
“Anna began his protest at 11 a.m. and ended it at 1 p.m.,” the social activist’s aide Datta Awari told PTI .
Mr. Hazare, who held the protest at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Ahilyanagar, later left for his village, Ralegan Siddhi, located in the same district.
Mr. Hazare wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), saying “the news of…violence and police action…is extremely painful”.
In a letter to Mr. Modi, Mr. Hazare said the resentment of the protesters must be viewed “not as a law and order problem, but as the agony and expectations of society”.
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