Fasting Anna Reluctant to Leave Tihar Jail
posted on Aug 17, 2011 @ 12:37PM
Anna Hazare is still at Tihar Jail, having spent the night there, and is adamant that he shall not leave till he is given unconditional permission to fast at Delhi's Jaiprakash Narain Park. "Anna said that he left home to go to JP Park to conduct his fast and that is exactly where he would go from here (Tihar Jail). He has refused to be released till he is given a written, unconditional permission," Manish Sisodia, Anna's close aide told media outside the Tihar jail just before sitting on a dharna right outside the jail.
Adding weight to Anna's defiance are core members of his team - Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan and Swami Agnivesh - who will launch a protest outside Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning. Many supporters camped outside the jail overnight to show solidarity with Anna's cause. Many more have been gathering there since early morning, as they have been at Chhatrasal Stadium in north Delhi, which was deemed "jail" by Delhi Police yesterday to hold the over 1000 anti-corruption protesters detained in the Capital. Yoga teacher and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev too is Tihar-bound after he meets the President at 11 am to submit a memorandum against Anna's arrest.