The Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti will launch a hunger strike at Reserve Ban Square from December 27, in support of its demand for a separate Vidarbha state. President of the organisation ex-MLA Wamanrao Chatap, journalist Prakash Pohare, Women’s Front Chief Ranjana Mamarde, Arun Kedar, and Youth Wing President Mukesh Masurkar will sit on a hunger strike.
A meeting of the organisation was held in Amravati on Friday. Another meeting will be held in Akola on December 20, under the chairmanship of Chatap.
Te office bearers of the organisation have appealed to the supporters of the demand for separate Vidarbha to attend in large numbers.