MUMBAI: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare is all set to go online to fight corruption. He will launch his blog-annahazaresays.wordpress.com-on Thursday. He will join the bracket of star bloggers such as Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan. On the portal, Anna stated that people from all over the world were eager to know his thoughts on many issues.
The Marathi and English versions of the blog will begin immediately and will be followed later by Hindi and other Indian languages.Noted commentators Vijay Kuvalekar and Raju Parulekar will help Hazare expressing his thoughts on the blog. During the anti-corruption stir, Hazare's close aides had extensively used SMSs and social media to get their message across. Besides blog, Anna will shortly join Twitter and Facebook, said a close associate of the Gandhian.
Aruna Pendse, associate professor (politics science) of University of Mumbai, said, "If technology is being used to reach out to the people and mobilize the masses then it is a welcome move." Meanwhile, a senior Mantralaya official, said, "The potential of technology to reach out to citizens was realized by politicians only after the successful presidential campaign of Obama."
If technology is being used to reach out to the people and mobilize the masses then it is a welcome move. However, one cannot guarantee that Anna's movement will be successful due to this technology
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