Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare and his team have rejected Delhi Police conditional permission for his August 16 fast over Lokpal Bill.Expressing his unhappiness Hazare has once again written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.If you can help us we will court arrest he has said in the letter.
The 74 year old Gandhian wants to begin an indefinite hunger strike at the Capital protest hotspot Jantar Mantar.But he was denied permission for this venue.The Delhi Police instead said he could hold his fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park.The permission however is conditional only 5000 people will be allowed to gather and they will have to vacate the venue by August 18.Rejecting these restrictions Team Anna said today We cannot control the number of people since it is an indefinite fast.We will decide where to hold the fast.Police may arrest us.
Can our PM get us a location to protest peacefully Hazare asks Dr Singh in his letter.People say your government is the most corrupt.Because of what happening in the government America intervened in our matters.If you can help us we will court arrest on August 16 he has further added.Yesterday Home Minister P Chidambaram requested Anna Hazare to call off his hunger strike.Everyone has a right to protest.But the context and circumstance decide whether the protest is legitimate or not.When there was no Lokpal Bill the protest was justified. But now that there is a Bill in Parliament and the Standing Committee has asked Anna Hazare to testify the protest at this stage seems to be unjustified Chidambaram said.
On charges of not providing Jantar Mantar as a venue for Team Hazare's agitation Chidambaram had said Anna is not a special case.Jantar Mantar cannot be given for long protests or to one group alone.As there are many other people with causes the day has to be divided and the group given slots.
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