Updated On: 27 August, 2011 07:01 AM IST | | Maleeva Rebello
14 cops manned the entrance, checking IDs of supporters, in a bid to keep out RPI members who were staging their Anti-Hazare rally at far end of the field
14 cops manned the entrance, checking IDs of supporters, in a bid to keep out RPI members who were staging their Anti-Hazare rally at far end of the field
Azad Maidan, the epicentre of the pro-Anna protest in Mumbai, has been, till date, the most inviting and freely accessible protest ground for supporters from across sections of society.
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But things changed yesterday, with strict security maintained at the entrance to bar entry to members of the Republican Party of India (RPI), who were campaigning against Hazare at the very same venue.
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