As Delhi Police denied permission to Anna Hazare to hold his fast here, the Gandhian's associate Kiran Bedi today alleged that the force was under directions to disallow the protest and said the authorities cannot limit one's fundamental rights.
"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 here.
The Hazare team had refused to give an undertaking that it will restrict its protest to three days and the number of protesters to 5,000 following which police denied permission to the Gandhian to hold the fast.
They also refused to give an undertaking that only 50 cars and the same number of motorcycles will be parked near the venue, no shamiana will be erected on the roads and loudspeakers will not be used after nine 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," she said.
By putting such conditions, she alleged, the authorities were compelling them to say no to such things.
Bedi also found fault with the condition about regulating the number of vehicles at the protest venue saying they were not traffic police. "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 tomorrow wherever police stops them.