LAKHS of workers and other toiling people stood up at thousands of locations covering most of the districts in the country – in front of their homes, on their balconies or roof tops, work places, on the main roads and small by lanes – placards and flags in hands. At 10.30 in the morning of April 21, they stood, maintaining physical distance and shouted slogans voicing their demands, for 5-10 minutes. The one common slogan that resounded across the country was ‘Bhashan nahin, ration chahiye, vetan chahiye, arthik sahayata chahiye’ (Enough of hollow speeches; Give us food wages and financial assistance). The slogan spread like wild fire across the country in less than a day.

Hollow Speeches Don’t Ring: ACT NOW | Peoples Democracy