Indian PM Slams Anti-Corruption Activist As Protests Over Arrest Spread -- Washington Post
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped up a war of words with a jailed anti-corruption activist on Wednesday, calling his hunger strike misconceived and undemocratic, as protests about his arrest swelled across the country for a second day.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the jail in New Delhi where 74-year-old self-styled Gandhian activist Anna Hazare continued his “fast unto death” to demand tougher laws against official graft.
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