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Anna movement gets ready for combat, stands by Kiran Bedi

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BS Reporter New Delhi

The FIR against Kiran Bedi not withstanding, the anti corruption movement of Anna Hazare is going ahead with its combat plan for next month in case the Lok Pal Bill does not meet its expectations.

Volunteers began streaming into streets with massive hoarding about Lok Pal to organise street side demonstrations and protests in the capital on Monday. The hoarding and slogans were about the Lok Pal being too weak and exclusive to serve any purpose.

Hazare is landing in the capital on November 11, four days after the Parliamentary standing committee submits its recommendations on the Lok Pal Bill.

 

He is scheduled to stage a protest on December 11 at Jantar Mantar for a day, while he has already booked the Ramlila Maidan from December 27 to January 5.

The format of protest has not been finalised, movement member Bibhav Kumar said,

The movement also declared its solidarity with Kiran Bedi who is facing charges of cheating and fraud after an FIR was lodged against her. The movement on Monday released papers showing that Bedi was indeed receiving funds from Vedanta Foundation and Microsoft for funding a course for dependents of policemen.

Arvind Kejriwal who flew to Ralegan Siddhi yesterday to apprise Hazare about the facts of the matter on Monday said in Delhi that there was enough evidence to prove every charge against Bedi to be false.

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First Published: Nov 29 2011 | 12:56 AM IST

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