relay fast

British

noun

Also called: relay hunger strike. (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns

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Some of his supporters have been conducting a "relay fast", where they take it in turns to shun food and water in solidarity with him, and many are joining in his calls for the case be handed over to the CBI.

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