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NEW DELHI — An activist who has adopted Mohandas Gandhi’s hunger-strike tactics and galvanized Indians’ anger over government scandals led thousands of cheering supporters Friday in a protest he branded a “new freedom struggle.”
Anna Hazare’s direct appeal to the government demanding that it pass his version of an anti-corruption bill has left Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s administration scrambling to respond.
Police briefly arrested the high-profile activist Tuesday to stop his protest, then caved in and granted him permission for a 15-day public fast after he refused to leave the jail amid an outpouring of support for his cause.
