20.9.12

Anna & Kejriwal split



Team Anna has formally split with Anna Hazare announcing his opposition to Arvind Kejriwal’s plan to launch a political party, and forbidding the use of his name or photograph for the venture. The blunt announcement marked a blow to Kejriwal and his colleagues and provoked retaliation in the form of a suggestion that the veteran Gandhian may have been manipulated by opponents of the anti-graft campaign. “Country is on sale,” tweeted Kejriwal, who had looked shocked as Hazare announced the formal parting of ways. He also declared that he was sticking to his plan to enter the electoral arena. “The country is passing through a difficult phase. I will do everything possible for me to save my country,” he said. Anna rejects IAC survey backing political front
In a marathon nine-hour meeting, more than 40 activists tried their best to get the Gandhian on board. Hazare insisted on going his own way in defiance of the majority opinion and the “survey” where the respondents, according to Kejriwal, had overwhelmingly endorsed the plan to go political. Hazare rubbished the survey as not a true reflection of people’s feelings.
In the meeting, Hazare got support of only a few delegates, prominent ones being Justice Santosh Hegde, Kiran Bedi, Medha Patkar and Maharashtra-based activists who often evoked resentment for the outsized influence they allegedly had over the veteran campaigner.
When asked if Team Anna, which had lobbied for the Jan Lokpal bill, had split, Hazare said, “It is our misfortune that the team has split… I didn’t want a party to be formed but if people want then they should go ahead. We will go our separate ways.”
On being asked if he would support the party proposed by Kejriwal and his group, Hazare could not have been more emphatic. “I will not campaign in the election. They should not use my photo or my name,” he said. After the meeting, Hazare met Baba Ramdev, former Army chief General V K Singh and Kiran Bedi.

1 comment:

Shayari said...

I wondered how some important issues go missing from the media all of a sudden till some prominent media person told me that political parties/politicians give money to channels as per their rating....A, b or C. The channels present only that what the politicians want them to show. A gets the highest and C gets the minimum amount of money. The common men believe that the media is doing a good job. Where is Gopal Goyal Kanda these days ? Why no news on him or his second wife Ankita who lived in Goa ? What is happening to Geetika Sharma suicide case ?