Anna Hazare to begins his three-day fast

With less than 24 hours to go before Parliament to debate the Lokpal Bill and anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare begins his three-day fast, Team Anna is busy with preparations at the MMRDA Ground in Mumbai. The 74-year-old Gandhian will reach Mumbai by late afternoon today from his village Ralegan Siddhi.

Mr Hazare's doctors wanted him to fly to Mumbai as he is suffering from viral fever, but Anna's secretary says he will travel by road.

In Delhi, Team Anna's core committee will meet with volunteers today, where a fast, parallel to Anna's, will be held by some of its members.



However, before Anna begins his fourth fast of the year for a "strong Lokpal Bill", tension escalated between the Congress and Team Anna yesterday as Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh launched yet another attack on the septuagenarian over his alleged links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Pointing to a report published on the front page of a prominent Hindi daily, Mr Singh said that Mr Hazare had worked as a secretary with RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh and had trained in Gonda in 1983.