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Kiran Bedi, raising her index finger at center, a supporter of prominent anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and a member of the committee to draft legislation to create an anti-corruption ombudsman, addresses a crowd gathered to slow solidarity to Hazare outside the Tihar prison where Hazare is holding his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lashed out at India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader Wednesday, accusing the fasting activist of trying to circumvent democracy by demanding Parliament pass a reform bill he supports. AP Photo
Hazare, who was ordered to be released last night after a day-long detention before he was to begin his fast demanding strong Lokpal, had refused to come out of the prison unless he was allowed to protest from JP Park without conditions.
Activists Kiran Bedi and Swami Agnivesh announced to the hundreds of supporters waiting since last night that the 73-year-old Gandhian was about to come out of the prison anytime now.
"The government has bowed down. We will have to be prepared to go to JP Park in a peaceful manner," Agnivesh said.
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