Permission denied
15 Aug 2011
- In power
- INC — Delhi Police
- Acted
- Police, Delhi
India Against Corruption applied to Delhi Police on 2 August for a month-long fast from 16 August. On 13 August police said permission would be granted at JP Park subject to conditions and an undertaking to abide by them. On 15 August the organisers refused six of the conditions, including a three-day limit, and police refused permission, according to the Prime Minister's statement to Parliament. Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the organisers would not guarantee to limit the protest to 5,000 people and three days. Arun Jaitley told the Rajya Sabha that 22 conditions had been imposed [2][3][1]
- 6 conditions the organisers refused to accept, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (statement to Parliament) [2]
- 22 conditions imposed on the protest, said Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition (Rajya Sabha) [3]
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Sources
- 1Rallies grow across India for jailed activistAl Jazeera, 17 Aug 2011T5 SecondaryArchived 17 May 2025
- 2Statement by Prime Minister in the Lok SabhaPress Information Bureau (Prime Minister's Office), 17 Aug 2011T1 Record
- 3Rajya Sabha Official Report, Vol. 223 No. 12: Statement by Prime Minister on the situation arising out of the agitation launched by Shri Anna Hazare, and discussionRajya Sabha Secretariat, 17 Aug 2011T1 RecordArchived 22 Apr 2024