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Shanti Bhushan's letter to Pranab Mukherjee on Ramdev crackdown

(W)hat happened on Satuday night at Ramlila Grounds further strengthened our doubts whether the government was at all serious in dealing with corruption and having a strong Lokpal Bill. . Helpless and unarmed people, who were protesting peacefully against corruption, were assaulted without any provocation. Media reports indicate that this was done after government failed to reach an agreement with Swami Ramdev. Is that a sufficient provocation to assault unarmed people in the middle of the night? The high-handed an brutal manner in which the Grounds were evacuated shows that the government was committed to crush the people raising their voice against corruption.