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'Willing to face bullets': Hazare

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Press Trust Of India

Lashing out at the government for criticising civil society activists, Anna Hazare on Saturday vowed to continue with the proposed August 16 agitation despite “threats” to “crush” it, saying he was willing "to face bullets and not just lathis." Saying that laws like Right to Information were enacted because of the pressure of civil society, he said, "If this (pressure on government over Lok Pal) amounts to blackmail, I am willing to resort to blackmail through out my life."

 

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First Published: Jul 10 2011 | 12:29 AM IST

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