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"MAIN BHI ANNA" THOUGHTS

 

Just wearing Gandhi caps with “Mein Bhi Anna (I am Anna)” will not make you Anna Hazare.
This was the message by the Gandhian to his thousands of supporters at Ramlila Maidan as he prescribed a five-point agenda for them to emulate.
“I am seeing people wearing Gandhi caps 

with “Mein bhi Anna”. Just wearing those caps will not make you Anna. If you want to become Anna, you have to keep certain things in mind,” he said.

The 74-year-old activist said while he was happy to see them wearing the white Gandhi caps, there are some essential requisites for being and becoming “Anna” like him.

“There should be no difference in what you say and what you do, you should possess clean and honest thoughts, have a clean conduct, clean character, have a feeling for sacrifice and should have the strength to take humiliation,” Hazare told his supporters.

The people took off their caps and waved them in air in response to Hazare instructions as he spelt out the cardinal rules.

Hazare also said that one should pledge not to give or take bribes henceforth.

The white “Mai bhee Anna” Gandhi caps have become a craze during the last 13-days when Hazare was on a fast for bringing in a strong Lokpal Bill.

Vendors sold these caps for a price ranging from Rs 3 to Rs 10.

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Anna breaks fast and now next to PM (hb- worldnews)

Hailing Parliament's nod on key elements of Jan Lokpal Bill                                                   as "people's victory", Anna Hazare on Sunday broke his 12-day-old fast declaring that electoral reforms will be on top of his agenda next so that corruption can come down. The 74-year-old Gandhian accepted a glass of tender 

coconut water mixed with honey from a Dalit and a Muslim girl -- Simran and Ikrah -- at 10:20am on the dais at the Ramlila Ground ending over 288 hours of fast that began on August 16.

As a smiling Anna sipped from a steel glass, people in Ramlila Maidan cheered and hugged each other while some sang "Desh ke pyare Anna Hamare".

After a brief address, Hazare was driven straight to Medanta Medicity run by eminent cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan who was attending to him along with his team during his entire period of fast. Hazare will stay in the hospital for two-three days.

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