Nagpur/New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS): The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) said Sunday it would follow the leadership of Anna Hazare in the fight against corruption.

"Our party is with Anna Hazare till we usher in a new era of transparent democracy, free of corruption," BJP President Nitin Gadkari said.

Expressing relief over Hazare breaking his fast, he said, "We promise you that the BJP will always be ready to rally round you and march forward under your leadership should the need arise any time in the future to fulfil your dream."

Gadkari said that the Congress that had tried to give a wrong impression that BJP was against voting on Anna Hazare's demands in Parliament.

"Even after our letter of support to Anna Hazare, rumours were spread that we were opposed to passing a resolution," he told reporters at his Nagpur residence. "When we made it clear that we were ready for both resolution and voting, the Congress had to accept it."

In New Delhi, party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar also hailed it as a triumph of the common man that showed the maturity of parliamentary democracy.

"Today what we are seeing at Ramlila is a new sense of acknowledgment for the common man," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said Sunday. "Ultimately it will usher in a new era of rapid progress."

Anna Hazare, 74, ended 13 days of fasting at the Ramlila ground Sunday after reassurance from parliament and the government that the three key demands of his anti-graft group would be incorporated in the proposed Lokpal bill.

He further said: "Yesterday what we saw was the best element of parliament and the nation will be really happy with the level of debate and sincerity of purpose. This the beauty of democracy."

The BJP spokesperson said the protest at Ramlila ground was not a middle-class movement, as perceived, but a mass movement with many coming from villages to participate.