Five years after parting ways from his former associate Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare with his new core team has begun a hunger strike in the Capital on Friday. He is demanding the implementation of reforms suggested by the Swaminathan Commission.

On first day of the protest, the team managed to attract numbers but less than what Anna has claimed in his interviews. The crowd stood less than a thousand protesters, of which majority of participants were farmers from Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

DNA is bringing to you the ground report from Ramlila Maidan where Anna along with his new team tries to recreate the same nation-wide movement like he did in 2011.

During conversation with protesters, DNA found that most of the protesters have lost faith in the movements after Arvind Kejriwal's decision to join politics. But it was Anna's name which brought them to Delhi.

"We have decided to support Anna and not the movement, as we fear once the movement gets nation-wide recognition, someone from the team would form his own political party and contest an election on Anna's goodwill," said Rakesh Bedbadiya who had come from Maharashtra to join the protest.

The bitter taste of 2011 elections is still fresh in the protesters' minds and this has resulted into low head counts. However, Anna has blamed the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decreased number of protesters. Lashing out at the Prime Minister, Anna said, " You cancelled trains carrying protesters to Delhi, you want to push them to violence. Police force has been deployed for me as well. I wrote in many letters that I don't need police protection. Your protection won't save me. This sly attitude of the government is not done," Hazare said.

The protesters present at Ramlila Maidan criticised policies of the BJP-led central government as well as the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government in Delhi. The protesters constantly urged Anna Hazare to enter politics and lead the country. "Anna must enter politics as leaders like Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal will never understand the plight of farmers and the poor section of the society. We want him as our prime minister," said Harish Singh, who came from Rajasthan to extend his support.

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