Team Anna breaks up: to regroup again as Team Anna II?   Team Anna: phase I New Delhi: soon after the Anna team announced that it would form a political party to continue its fight against corruption, Anna Hazare disbanded his team on Monday. “We are stopping the activities of Team Anna from today. Team Anna was formed to fight for the Jan Lokpal,” he said in his blog. “We have decided not to have any more talks with the government. From today, there will be no Team Anna or Team Anna Core Committee.” The veteran Gandhian made it clear that he would not join any political party. “I... 

Why Anna’s is NOT a movement for change by Subir Shukla   Anna’s movement: meandering! Let’s imagine for a moment that corruption vanishes – no one takes bribes any more. Which of the following do you think would now happen as a result? Dalits will not face discrimination anywhere; people will stop believing in caste and elections will be around issues, not social groups. Unborn girls will not be killed, dowry will go, sexual harassment will vanish, the notion of ‘minority’ will not need to be discussed, equality and equity will be established. People... 

An imaginary dialogue between Team Anna and the Congress By Ratnakar Tripathy   Team Anna [TA] – if you don’t pass the Lokpal Bill this winter we will mobilize the whole nation and agitate. Congress- but we keep telling you Lokpal Bill is foremost on our agenda. TA – yes, but we must keep reminding you that you must pass the Lokpal Bill this winter and if you don’t pass the Bill this winter… Congress – but we will definitely put up the bill in the next parliamentary session so why do you keep threatening to agitate? TA – yes, but if you don’t is what we are talking about. Congress... 

Refresh page ‘Lokpal Movement’: Anna decides to revamp Team Anna!   Ralegaon Sidhi: ending a long period of uncertainty, Anna Hazare finally admitted today that the core committee of the Team Anna is to be restructured and representation to religious minorities, tribals, Dalits and youths will be given to strengthen the campaign against corruption. It seems Anna Hazare’s 20-day vow of silence was also a period of great churning and introspection which showed its outcome today. He said ‘We will take all sections in the core committee, Dalits, Muslims, Adivasis and all... 

Bihardays opens its pages to public debate on the ongoing movement of Ana Hazare   Bihardays has decided to open its pages to a public debate on the ongoing movement of Ana Hazare. The context is – as Anna announced yesterday, this is just the beginning of his movement. His team is to see to the passage of the Lokpal Bill in the coming months. Also, the team plans to agitate for electoral reforms including the Right to Recall and the Right to Reject. All such issues require a wider public participation in the nation wide debate. Just as the Lokpal Bill was too vital a matter for us... 

Nitish to invite Anna Hazare team to Patna: to discuss Lokpal Bill New Delhi: while Anna Hazare and group were unable to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on the Lokpal Issue today, they did have a meeting with the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Nitish assured them that he will take a decision on the matter after consulting his colleagues. More importantly, the Bihar CM questioned the Centre’s decision of sending two drafts of the Lokpal Bill for consideration and demanded the government be clear before seeking states’ views on the proposed legislation. As it turns out in his... 

Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi play Ping-Pong over Lokpal Bill : ‘if you are against, I am for it’ and vice versa Chennai/New Delhi: it is a sad reflection on the state of Tamilnadu politics that the two virulent opponents DMK and AIADMK have to indulge in politics over the Lokpal Bill. It would seem that while DMK earlier expressed its displeasure with the Congress over the Kanimozi affair by declaring it is in favour of having the prime minister with the Lokpal Bill ambit. Promptly then, Jayalalitha took the position that no, the PM should remain untouched by the Lokpal provisions. In... 

The dividing line between Hazare and Baba Ramdeo: money and violence! New Delhi: according to the latest reports, while speaking to TV reporters in Maharashtra Anna Hazare admitted that ‘Baba has expressed his wish to sit on fast with me but I have placed a set of demands in front of him. If they are met, then I will think about it’. Now that Baba Ramdeo is back in Delhi, he is unlikely to remain quiet after the retaliatory measures including talk of exposure and financial inquiries being set up by the government. Although baba Ramdeo started off on a clean record, by now the waters have... 

Anna too will get the Ramlila Maidan ‘treatment’, says Congress bully boy Digvijay Singh! New Delhi: the bully boy is at it again! According to press reports, Congress leader Digvijay Singh recently issued a warning to Hazare that if he goes on fast again, he may get a “treatment” similar to how Ramdev’s protest was handled at the Ramlila Maidan. Singh told reporters that ‘If Anna goes on a fast in New Delhi, he will also be meted out the treatment like the other depending upon the prevailing situation at that time’. Singh’s theory on the matter is that Anna Hazare’s... 

Baba Ramdeo threatens to arm supporters: such talk is not acceptable at all! Haridwar: according to latest reports from a TV channel, Baba Ramdeo is in a very angry mood after the violence inflicted on his followers at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. But now some of his outpourings are extremely worrying, even as anna Hazare sits on his day long fast to support the Baba. Baba seems to have told a TV reporter ‘Next time at Ramlila, it will be Ravanlila. Let’s see who gets beaten up.” To elaborate further, to be better prepared to face the police the next time, Baba Ramdeo said ‘Twenty...