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Anna Hazare has asked that he should be allowed to continue his fast at Jaya Prakash Narayan park or else he will continue the fast inside Tihar Jail. Anna has asked that he should get it in writing that he would be allowed to continue fast at the park
Civil society activist Anna Hazare, who is fasting for a stronger Lok Pal Bill, continued to keep the government in discomfiture as he refused to come out of Tihar Jail tonight, despite being released a few hours after he was arrested and sent to jail for refusing to sign a bail bond. At the time of going to press, the septuagenarian activist refused to leave the jail, saying he wanted assurances that he would be allowed to fast and protest the way he wanted.
Hazare and his supporters, including rights activist Arvind Kejriwal, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi and Sisodia, were arrested and sent to seven days’ judicial custody for refusing to sign a bond saying they would not violate Section 144, which prohibits the assembly of five or more people, in the course of their fast
The move followed a meeting called by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and political advisor to the Congress President, Ahmad Patel. The Prime Minister then spoke to Home Minister P Chidambaram.