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Anna Hazarey Detained for a minimum duration of 24 hours

Just 3 hours before the indefinite fast of Anna could begin, Government of India showed its colors. Anna Hazarey and all the other members of civil society have been arrested and put in jail under section 65. Anna Hazarey predicted this would be the route government would after he was not granted permission for the ground to carry out his  indefinite fast, left a message for the people of India. Thousands of People across the country are vowing their support to Anna Hazarey by following the path of non violence. However, Annaji would also be starting his fast from Jail. Under section 65 : The members would be detained for 24 hours. Clearly one can understand the tactics of Indian government.

Anna Hazare to go on fast from August 16

It all began at jantar mantar in the month of April when  Anna Hazare, an old man who believes in Gandhiji's values decided to go on fast for the betterment of the people and of the country.It began in jantar mantar and today what we see is a result of his courage. Many social activists are coming up and the people of India have started to believe that we could be freed from corruption. When Annaji began his fast every person in the  country irrespective of caste, creed, religion came out to support him. Although lakhs of people flew to jantar mantar to show their support to annaji, many other showed their support through digital media, forwarding texts. What happened after that is history, government came down and agreed to form a committee and it was decided that lokpal bill first draft would be out on or befor 30 June, 2011. The day the fast ended the country rejoiced with victory. Now almost after 2 months we see that the government which agreed to support the lokpall ...