Fasting Anna Hazare on Wednesday asked his supporters not to stop police if they evicted him forcibly from the Ramlila ground where he has been on a hunger strike for the last nine days.
The veteran activist demanding a sweeping anti-corruption law appealed to thousands of his supporters not to resort to violence in any case.
"My appeal to you is please maintain peace. If they evict me, please don't stop them," Hazare addressed the crowd amid a huge applause.
He said it was government's conspiracy to provoke violence. "If you stop them, violence may break out. We will maintain calm. Doesn't matter if I have to go to jail."
The social activist said if his supporters resorted to violence, the government would be able to trip the movement. "Please picket MPs' houses and court arrest there if I am removed from here."
"The true face of the government has come out. This is an autocratic face," he said, after talks between the government and his aides failed to achieve any breakthrough to solve the logjam.
Kejriwal alleged that the government was planning to forcibly evict Hazare and take him to some other place at around 4am.
The Talks
The third round of talks here between the government and civil society activists ended inconclusively late on Wednesday.
Hazare's aide Arvind Kejriwal said the government had done a "U-turn" over the strong Lokpal bill. "We asked (Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee) what if Anna Hazare continues his fast. He (Mukherjee) said if Anna doesn't break his fast, it is his and your problem. Go and solve it."
"We are quite disappointed with today's meeting. We will have to start from scratch, it seems," Team Hazare member Prashant Bhushan told reporters after meeting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Bhushan said the government on Tuesday had promised that their demands would be "considered sympathetically" but "unfortunately we have to report that we are back to square one".
Bhushan, flanked by his colleagues Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, said the three "sticking points" -- the inclusion of the lower bureaucracy, creating state ombudsman and citizen's charters in the Lokpal -- remain.
"We have been told that the parliament procedure of the standing committee cannot be short-circuited," he said.
Mukherjee told reporters after the meeting that the government hoped that the parliamentary process would be allowed to be exercised.
"We conveyed to them the government views," Mukherjee said, adding that the government had assured to them that their version of the Lokpal bill would be considered by parliament's standing committee and the process for consideration would be "expedited".
Bedi alleged the government was not interested in having a strong anti-corruption watchdog.
This was the third round of talks after the first held Tuesday night and the second Wednesday noon. The two sides are likely to meet Thursday again.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid said the government was worried for Hazare's health. "That is the priority. We are looking to create circumstances so that he breaks his fast. We are looking for a solution."
"I am hopeful we can get them on board," Khurshid said, adding that the talks were moving "positively".
He said the government was trying to evolve a "broad national consensus" on the Lokpal issue. "We are working towards that."
He however said that the official Lokpal bill that was passed by the cabinet cannot be undermined.
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