Anna Hazare Latest News

Anna Hazare Latest News: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has struggled for months over how to deal with the popular Hazare and his followers, who have become a serious challenge to the authority of the government. According to the NDTV report, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet today to work out a clear strategy to take on the government over Hazare and the Lokpal Bill.“We have detained him as he did not budge from his position of defying prohibitory orders,” police official said. Senior police officials, including DCP (Crime) Ashok Chand, met with Hazare –prior to his arrest – in a bid to convince him to not go ahead with his planned protest defying prohibitory orders.

Shehla Masood Shot Dead: Meanwhile, Times of India reports that an RTI activist and a strong supporter of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement, Shehla Masood was shot dead around 11.30 am on Tuesday. Shehla Masood had led demonstration at activist Anna Hazare’s last call in April.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Adarsh Katiyar told to the media sources in a statement, “Shehla Masood was shot dead around 11 am when she was sitting in her car”.

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