Bhopal, A large number of people here today protested against the arrest of noted social activist Anna Hazare and expressed solidarity with his campaign 'India Against Corruption' by holding tricolor and placards.
The members of 'India Against Corruption' staged a sit-in at Shahjahani Park and also took out a rally from the Boat Club in support of the call given by Hazare.
Earlier, the protesters condoled murder of city-based RTI activist Shehla Masood and demanded immediate arrest of the accused.
Shehla, who was shot dead by unidentified persons in Koh-e-Fiza locality outside her residence wrote on the Facebook just before her murder that "Gandhi, the purpose of civil resistance is provocation. Anna has succeeded in provoking the govt and the opposition. Hope he wins us freedom from corruption. Meet at 2 pm Boat Club Bhopal. (sic)".
A rally was also taken out in the commercial MP Nagar area with large number of people expressing their solidarity with the campaign against corruption.
Protests were also held in Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Khargone, Rewa, Vidisha, Chhindwara, Ujjain, Morena, Shajapur and Satna among other places in the state in protest against the arrest of Anna's Team.
Terming arrest of the Gandhian as "undemocratic", the Madhya Pradesh BJP President Prabhat Jha said "this day would be remembered in the history as the day of lawlessness".
CPM state secretary Badal Saroj also described the arrest of the anti-graft crusader as against the people's democratic right to protest against any issue.
"The Congress-led government's act shows its insensitivity towards any protest on the issue of corruption as it's own party leaders are facing charges of corruption at the highest level," Saroj added.
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