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Mon, 08/15/2011 - 21:58
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Permission denied for protest, Hazare team exploring 'options'
New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) With police denying permission
to activist Anna Hazare to hold his fast here, his associates
Monday said the Gandhian will go to the protest venue on
Tuesday and court arrest even as they were exploring "all
options", including moving court, to counter the police
action.
The Hazare team also alleged that Delhi Police was under
directions to deny permission to Hazare to hold the protest
and said authorities cannot limit one's fundamental rights.
Activists Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi said Hazare
would go to the Jai Prakash Narain Park near Ferozeshah Kotla
stadium and court arrest if he and his supporters were not
allowed to enter the park.
Delhi Police denied permission to the Hazare team after
the organisers refused to give an undertaking that the protest
would end on the third day and they would restrict the number
of agitators to 5,000.
"We will court arrest tomorrow. The conditions laid by
the Delhi Police are unconstitutional. Unfortunately they are
under directions," Bedi said when asked about police denying
permission to Hazare to hold his indefinite hunger strike at
Jai Prakash Narain Park.
Kejriwal alleged that the denial of permission showed
the "dictatorial and arbitrary attitude" of the government and
that it was creating an Emergency-like situation of 1970s.
Asked whether they would approach court against the
Delhi Police action, he said, "All options are open and there
is an option to go to court." Lawyer Prashant Bhushan
on Sunday said they may approach the Supreme Court if the
permission is denied.
The Hazare team had also refused to give undertaking
that only 50 each cars and motorcycles will be parked near the
venue, no shamiana will be erected on the roads and
loudspeakers will not be used after 9 pm.
"These conditions are unconstitutional. You cannot limit
our fast. You cannot limit our fundamental rights. You can do
that only if our protest turns violent. If it is not so, then
you cannot interfere," Bedi said.
By putting such conditions, she alleged, the authorities
were compelling them to say 'no' to such things.
She also found fault with the condition about regulating
the number of vehicles at the protest venue saying they were
not traffic police to do so. "It is not our job. We are not
traffic police. They should make alternative arrangements to
handle traffic," she said.
Bedi noted that they were not flouting any law and would
court arrest on Tuesday wherever police stops them.
Kejriwal questioned the logic of the conditions set by
the police. "All these conditions are unreasonable and
unjustified," he said.
"We are not allowed to erect shamianas. It is raining
these days. How these tents will pose a security threat? Where
will people take shelter from rain," he said.
On the restriction on vehicles to be parked, he said,
"Why allow only 50 vehicles to be parked. Why not 100? Why not
75? How have they arrived at this figure of 50? It is
completely arbitrary."
to activist Anna Hazare to hold his fast here, his associates
Monday said the Gandhian will go to the protest venue on
Tuesday and court arrest even as they were exploring "all
options", including moving court, to counter the police
action.
The Hazare team also alleged that Delhi Police was under
directions to deny permission to Hazare to hold the protest
and said authorities cannot limit one's fundamental rights.
Activists Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi said Hazare
would go to the Jai Prakash Narain Park near Ferozeshah Kotla
stadium and court arrest if he and his supporters were not
allowed to enter the park.
Delhi Police denied permission to the Hazare team after
the organisers refused to give an undertaking that the protest
would end on the third day and they would restrict the number
of agitators to 5,000.
"We will court arrest tomorrow. The conditions laid by
the Delhi Police are unconstitutional. Unfortunately they are
under directions," Bedi said when asked about police denying
permission to Hazare to hold his indefinite hunger strike at
Jai Prakash Narain Park.
Kejriwal alleged that the denial of permission showed
the "dictatorial and arbitrary attitude" of the government and
that it was creating an Emergency-like situation of 1970s.
Asked whether they would approach court against the
Delhi Police action, he said, "All options are open and there
is an option to go to court." Lawyer Prashant Bhushan
on Sunday said they may approach the Supreme Court if the
permission is denied.
The Hazare team had also refused to give undertaking
that only 50 each cars and motorcycles will be parked near the
venue, no shamiana will be erected on the roads and
loudspeakers will not be used after 9 pm.
"These conditions are unconstitutional. You cannot limit
our fast. You cannot limit our fundamental rights. You can do
that only if our protest turns violent. If it is not so, then
you cannot interfere," Bedi said.
By putting such conditions, she alleged, the authorities
were compelling them to say 'no' to such things.
She also found fault with the condition about regulating
the number of vehicles at the protest venue saying they were
not traffic police to do so. "It is not our job. We are not
traffic police. They should make alternative arrangements to
handle traffic," she said.
Bedi noted that they were not flouting any law and would
court arrest on Tuesday wherever police stops them.
Kejriwal questioned the logic of the conditions set by
the police. "All these conditions are unreasonable and
unjustified," he said.
"We are not allowed to erect shamianas. It is raining
these days. How these tents will pose a security threat? Where
will people take shelter from rain," he said.
On the restriction on vehicles to be parked, he said,
"Why allow only 50 vehicles to be parked. Why not 100? Why not
75? How have they arrived at this figure of 50? It is
completely arbitrary."
