With police denying permission to Mr Anna Hazare to hold his fast here, his associates today said the Gandhian will go to the protest venue tomorrow and court arrest even as they were exploring “all options”, including moving court, to counter the police action.

The Hazare team also alleged that Delhi Police was under directions to deny permission to Mr Hazare to hold the protest and said authorities cannot limit one’s fundamental rights.

Activists Mr Arvind Kejriwal and Ms Kiran Bedi said Mr Hazare would go to the Jai Prakash Narain Park near Ferozeshah Kotla stadium and court arrest if he and his supporters were not allowed to enter the park.

Delhi Police denied permission to the Hazare team after the organisers refused to give an undertaking that the protest would end on the third day and they would restrict the number of agitators to 5,000.

“We will court arrest tomorrow. The conditions laid by the Delhi Police are unconstitutional. Unfortunately, they are under directions,” Ms Bedi said when asked about police denying permission to Mr Hazare to hold his indefinite hunger strike at Jai Prakash Narain Park.

Mr Kejriwal alleged that the denial of permission showed the “dictatorial and arbitrary attitude” of the Government and that it was creating an Emergency-like situation of 1970s.

Asked whether they would approach the court against the Delhi Police action, he said, “All options are open and there is an option to go to court.” Lawyer Prashant Bhushan yesterday said they may approach the Supreme Court if the permission is denied.

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