Anna says ready to consider alternative venue for his stir

In a letter send to the Hazare team by the police, seeking permission for the protest starting from August 16th. The police has asked them to clarify how many days they are proposing  to sit on dharma and the expected number of people who will be present at the proposed protest site.

A senior police officer claims that they have made it very clear in the letter that they are ready to give permision to the Gandhian to hold the protest at Jantar Mantar if the proposed people does not exceed 2000 in number. He also added that till now they have neither granted permision nor denied.

Police has sited a 2009 order of the Supreme Court and said that they cannot grant permission for indefinite dharna anywhere in Delhi including Jantar Mantar as Parliament would be in session beginning from August 1st. Police authorities said that no one group will be allowed to capture the entire premises of Jantar Mantar as there are many groups planing to conduct protests during this period.

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