The Delhi Police had sent a letter to Team Anna on Saturday asking them to give an undertaking agreeing to a list of 22 conditions. These included restricting Hazare’s fast to three days, and a cap of 5,000 persons at the proposed venue, Jai Prakash Narain Memorial park.
Shanti Bhushan, said while they agreed with most other conditions, such as not resorting to violence, making arrangements for water, mobile toilets, electricity, not giving inflammatory speeches, and so on, they cannot limit the fast to three days and 5,000 people. He said those two demands are unconstitutional.
Anna on Saturday,13 August 2011 showed fire in response to Government's's restrictions for fast.
Anna Hazare has said that he will go ahead with his fast on August 16 and court arrest if necessary.
Hazare shot off a letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh, questioning that “By denying us permission to protest, are you and your government not violating our fundamental rights? Are you not taking away our freedom two days before the nation’s Independence day? With what face would you unfurl the national flag on the nation’s 65th Independence Day,”
He also asked in letter “government is trying to crush those who raise their voice against corruption. This is happening more often in your government. Does it look good if you crush the fundamental rights of the people by murdering democracy and violating the Constitution?”
Team Anna also challenged government that they would go ahead with the agitation anyway, daring the government to do “whatever it wanted”.
Anna also accused the UPA government of deceiving them on the issue of the Lokpal Bill, and said he regretted ending his fast in April.
Kiran Bedi accused the Delhi Police of being “dictated by the government in power.”
Asked what they will do if the government uses force to break his fast, Hazare said that “people will respond” if force is used.
Reacting to the US State Department’s comments yesterday(friday) , Hazare said it was the “wrong actions” of the Indian government that emboldened the American government to “interfere in India’s internal matters.”
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_government-cheated-us-says-anna-hazare_1575649
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