New Delhi: Hours after Rahul Gandhi asserted in Parliament that a Jan Lokpal Act alone will not help eradicate corruption, Anna Hazare supporters protested outside his residence, raising slogans for a strong anti-corruption law.
The demonstration lasted for about 30 minutes before police cleared the last protester from outside 12-Tuglaq Lane residence around 4:30 pm, a senior police official said, adding around 40 protesters were detained.
The protests came hours after Gandhi, in a speech in Lok Sabha said democratic processes should not be weakened by "individual dictates" which could set dangerous precedent and rejected the belief that Lokpal alone would eradicate
corruption.
Anna supporters have for the past few days picketed houses of MPs, including Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and BJP leader LK Advani, after Hazare's campaign managers called on people to protest outside residences of MPs.
They had also demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Race Course Road residence on Thursday.
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