Team Anna not to Campaign against any Party in 5 poll-bound States


Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 10 (PTI) : Team Anna today decided to desist from campaigning against any party in the five election-bound states, a decision apparently prompted by divisions within its fold over its strident anti-Congress stand.

"There was a consensus in the Core Committee meeting that we should tour all five poll-bound states but we should not campaign against any party. Anna Ji shares this view and we will not campaign against any particular party," Anna aide Arvind Kejriwal told reporters after meeting the ailing Gandhian at his native village.

Team Anna's Core Committee had met in Delhi yesterday amid "confusion" on how to take the movement forward after a tepid public response to Hazare's fast in Mumbai against the "weak" Lokpal Bill brought by the government in Parliament and criticism of their anti-Congress posture.

According to sources, a section in the Team, including social activist Medha Patkar and a few others, were against the movement solely targeting Congress on Lokpal issue. Though Patkar did not attend yesterday's meeting, she sent a note in this regard.

Key members of his team, including Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, met Hazare to inquire about the 74-year-old Gandhian's health after he was discharged from a Pune hospital recently and to communicate to him what transpired at the Core Committee meeting.

The Core Committee had decided to leave it to Hazare to take a final call on its future strategy, including whether or not to target any single political party in polls.

Kejriwal said Hazare was still "very ill" and a decision on whether he would join other members of his team on the tour will be taken only after he has fully recovered.

  

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  • pramod suvarna, derebail / mangalore

    Wed, Jan 11 2012

    ab aya oont pahaad ke niche

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  • imtiyaz kudroli, Dubai

    Wed, Jan 11 2012

    He is not ANNA HAZARE he is R.S.S. Hazare............ be brave fight again curruption, coporates not against any party

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Wed, Jan 11 2012

    Initially the revolution was 100% against corruption but with Bedi & Kejriwal's inputs, it slowly turned against Congress. The epitome was when the ruling party brought Lokpal Bill (though weak) - what happened in the lower house did open everybody's eyes. So far it was Congress the black sheep but in the house that did not have Congress representation in majority could not take action on it nailed the culprits.

    One politician criticized Bedi/Kejriwal for insulting the elected members of the nation and cribbed that they sacrificed time they could spend with their family for the nation. Who doesn't ? Politics is your profession - you are paid for it. We all sacrifice certain recreation because of work !

    How did it dawn now on Anna team that they should not bad-mouth any political party (Congress) ?

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