Anna Hazare may break his fast on the eleventh day on Friday as a desperate UPA hopes to initiate a debate in Parliament on the Lokpal issue to break the logjam. Sources say the UPA wants Parliament to discuss all the versions of the Lokpal Bill, including the Jan Lokpal Bill, but is likely to go ahead with the proposal only if the draft resolution is acceptable to Team Anna.
Sources say Anna Hazare is likely to break his 11-day fast the moment a resolution on a strong Lokpal Bill is passed.
But there was confusion even after multiple rounds of talks over whether the Government and Team Anna will reach an agreement at all. Team Anna too seems divided over whether the 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader should call off his fast.
"We will find effective ways and means to discuss Jan Lokpal Bill along with the Government's version of the Bill, along with Aruna Roy's and Jayaprakash Narayan's. All ideas should be discussed and debated to get best possible bill to help us deal with corruption," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday taking the initiative to end the Lokpal logjam.
The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj aslo supported the Prime Minister's formula by saying, "We shall do everything to bring a strong Lokpal Bill".
The team Anna went into a huddle after the sense of the House was conveyed to them, but Anna Hazare was not convinced, and after consulting with his colleagues, he categorically spelt out that he would not concede on the three demands - appointment of lokayukta, lower bureaucracy and the citizen charter.
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