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Anna to break his fast at 10am today

There was scenes of celebrations across Ramlila Maidan, with people raising slogans, dancing, singing, and sharing sweets.

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“I thank and congratulate the Parliament. But this win is only half … half is still left. This is a victory for all Indians, and for all our activists. This is a victory for the media. I will break my fast tomorrow at 10 am in everyone’s presence,” said Anna Hazare, amidst huge cheers from the crowd at Ramlila Maidan.

He spoke after Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and MP Sandeep Dikshit handed him a letter from the Prime Minister and conveyed to him that his three demands have been agreed to by the Parliament through a resolution. 

There was scenes of celebrations across Ramlila Maidan, with people raising slogans, dancing, singing, and sharing sweets.

Key member of Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal said, “The whole country would be watching every step taken by the Parliament.” For the last 12 days Anna Hazare has been a picture of determination.

But the fast has been taking its toll. For the last few days, Anna’s communication had become restricted to a few sentences and shouting slogans to encourage the crowds gathered at Ram Lila Maidan.

On Saturday night, there was palpable relief on Anna’s face after Vilasrao Deshmukh conveyed the “sense of the house”, including in-principle agreement on the three key demands of Anna Hazare on the Lokpal bill.

Terming it as a “win-win” situation for both sides, another Team Anna member Medha Patkar said while there was no surrender of Parliament supremacy, there was also victory of people’s power.

However, she still termed the development as “part betrayal” as this was not something which was agreed during a meeting between Team Anna and law minister Salman Khurshid. “But I will not like to say (these things) now at this historic time when people’s power is at its peak,” she said.

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