Microblogging website Twitter has been abuzz with celebrities expressing their outrage at the government's move to thwart Anna Hazare's fast. Here are a few reactions:
Shabana Azmi: Arresting Anna n team is deplorable.the govt has pushed itself into a sorry situation from which it will be difficult to extricate itself.
Farhan Akhtar: The Indian citizen has the right to protest peacefully. Anna's arrest is unconstitutional and shows symptoms of an authoritarian mindset.
Madhur Bhandarkar: We totally condemn the arrest of Anna Hazare...Voices of people like Anna can't be muffled by detaining them... He stands today as d voice of 120 cr Indians....
Gul Panag: In principal I am against corruption- but that doesn't mean I support a flawed bill.
Swapan Dasgupta: Why doesn't Govt hand over Chhatrasal Stadium to Anna for his protest?
Anupam Kher: Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal arrested even before they reach JP Park. Saddest Day for Indian democracy
Varun Gandhi: Anna Hazare is not just a man, he is a movement, a way towards honesty and accountability, a way towards a clean and prosperous India
Atul Kasbekar: Whether one agrees wt Anna Hazare and his tactics, no one in their right mind could possibly fall for a story that he is corrupt
Suhel Seth: Now Anna Hazare wants me to switch the lights off! And he isn't even in power!Can't imagine what he'd make us do if he were? Morarji redux!
Badri Sheshadri: The Government was forced to arrest Anna Hazare and co. However, it will only make UPA collapse faster.
Saikat Datta: Anna Hazare & Arvind Kejriwal arrested. I wonder why the same rules/arguments don't apply when a Cong leader goes to Bhatta Parsaul
Chetan Bhagat: Disaster move by govt. Disaster. Mamta di, are u sure u want to support this govt?
Javed Akhtar: I have had certain reservations about Anna's method but his arrest can not be condoned. It is undemocratic, unacceptable.
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