Anna Hazare’s health growing into a major concern, doctors want him to end fast
After the Lok Sabha passed a Lokpal Bill that Team Anna is extremely unhappy with, Anna Hazare’s health is becoming a major cause of concern for both his team and the government. At the end of his first day of hungerstrike, Anna’s fever had climbed to 102 degrees and his blood pressure was 170/104.
However, Anna’s temperature came down slightly on Wednesday morning, the second day of his three-day fast. Team Anna member Manish Sisodia said Anna’s temperature was 100 degrees in the morning. But, doctors are still urging the 74-year-old Gandhian to end his fast.
Doctors will take a decision on whether Anna should be moved to a hospital in the morning today.
Anna’s family physician Dr Anirudh Dharmadhikari wants him to end the fast.
“He is stubborn and is sticking to his fast. In this state, it is wrong of him to fast. We might need to hospitalise him because he is coughing, has fever,” he said on Tuesday night.
Doctors from Mumbai’s JJ Hospital are stationed now at his camp at MMRDA Grounds and an ambulance is on stand-by.
Anna is fasting for three days at the Mumbai’s MMRDA Ground in protests of what he and his team call a ‘weak’ Lokpal Bill. After ending his fast on December, Anna and his group of social activists plan to head to the national capital where they will launch a ‘jail bharo’ movement by protesting in front of the houses of Congress leaders like Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul Gandhi.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has requested Anna to end his fast and so have his team members. Anna’s aides Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi appealed to him to end his fast.
“He has fever, let us request him to stop his fast. Anna can continue his dharna,” Ms Bedi said.
“Anna is unwell. Will you request Anna to withdraw his fast?” she asked the crowd, which responded with a loud “Yes”.
However, Anna, waved his hand to indicate he will not change his mind.
Anna’s family is also worried about his health and have also not eaten anything. The family of Maruti Hazare, Anna’s younger brother, revealed their frustration with the whole situation.
“On one hand they say they want to make India a super democracy and on the other hand this happens,” said Nisha, Maruti Hazare’s granddaughter Residents of Anna’s village, Ralegan Siddhi, have also expressed their concern and will visit him today. On Tuesday afternoon at the MMRDA Ground, Anna gave an impassioned speech about the Lokpal Bill.
He reiterated his opposition to the government for betraying the country. Anna said if politicians don’t rise to the occasion, he will campaign against the Congress. “There are elections in a few states, but what will they do to us at the national level (is what the government thinks). But in these five states that are voting, we will campaign against the government. You have not seen what people power is. It is more powerful than Parliament.”
He also stressed the need for electoral reforms. “The sort of people who are joining politics now are criminals, goondas. What will become of our country then? This is why we need to fight for the Right to Reject (electoral candidates). There are 10 candidates standing for elections. Yet, voters have nobody to choose from. So we should have the right to say “none of the above.” And if there are many who choose this option, then the election for that constituency should be cancelled. We will have to fight for these laws.”
Source from NDTV
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