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Anna Hazare visits Rajghat ahead of daylong fast

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Anna Hazare today visited Rajghat ahead of his one-day fast in protest against "watered-down" proposals of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Lok Pal Bill.

He drove to Rajghat from Maharashtra Sadan at around 9 am and spend sometime meditating at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial.

Clad in white kurta and Gandhi cap, he was accompanied by his close aides Manish Sisodia, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi.

A large media contingent besides some other supporters of Team Anna were at Rajghat when Hazare arrived there. A large number of police personnel was also deployed at the memorial.

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First Published: Dec 11 2011 | 9:56 AM IST

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