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| Will Anna Hazare leave Tihar Jail |
| Lokpal Bill row: Will Anna Hazare leave Tihar Jail soon?
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| INDIA
, 17-August-2011
3:55:28 AM |
| Anna Hazare is still at Tihar Jail, but there are reports that he may leave soon and head to Delhi's Jai Prakash Narain Park where he wants to continue his fast as planned. Has the government blinked again?
Delhi Police has officially denied that it has given permission to Mr Hazare to hold his protest at JP Park, but sources say there are hectic negotiations on between Team Anna and the government to find some kind of a compromise solution to the stalemate.
The 74-year-old Anna spent the night in jail, adamant that he would not leave till he was given unconditional permission to fast at JP Park. Since Tuesday's arrest of the Gandhian activist, all the blinking in fact has been done by the government. The Congress core group met this morning to discuss how to resolve the Anna-in-jail issue.
Some indication came in important Wednesday morning developments. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave in to a united Opposition's demands and made a statement in both Houses of Parliament on Anna Hazare's arrest. A statement that was quickly torn to bits by the BJP as being "disappointing" and low on information.
Earlier in the morning, Home Secretary RK Singh said, "Anna Hazare is free to go wherever he wants to go and Delhi Police is talking to him...Delhi Police will take a decision on whether Hazare will be allowed to hold a protest at JP Park." The government cannot seem to stress enough that it does not want Anna in jail.
Outside Tihar Jail, all eyes are fixed on a gate that Anna Hazare will reportedly emerge from. His core team has gathered there and says that when Mr Hazare chooses to come out of jail, they will all head to JP Park to continue the fast. Kiran Bedi is there, as is Swami Agnivesh. Prashant Bhushan addressed a large crowd gathered outside the jail exhorting them to support Anna peacefully. Supporters raised slogans in support of Mr Hazare.
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