Team Anna meets to discuss future strategy

June 04, 2012 12:24 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 01:25 am IST - Noida

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare during the day-long fast against black money and corruption, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare during the day-long fast against black money and corruption, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Team Anna met here on Monday amid a rift between them and yoga guru Baba Ramdev over the treatment meted out to Arvind Kejriwal in public and differences within them over attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Anna Hazare and Justice Santosh Hegde, who had earlier expressed reservations about targeting the Prime Minister, attended the meeting, which is expected to reassess its strategy.

Kiran Bedi, Gopal Rai and Sanjay Singh are the other prominent members attending the meeting. Prashant Bhushan is not attending the meeting as he is out of the country.

Sources said the meeting is likely to discuss the emergence of rift between the Team Anna and Ramdev in public during Sunday’s joint fast after the yoga guru snubbed Mr. Kejriwal for taking names.

Though both the sides have downplayed the incident, sources said the meeting will review the relationship with the yoga guru. The issue of attacking the Prime Minister is also likely to figure prominently during the meeting.

Mr. Kejriwal has been insisting that taking names of politicians, including the Prime Minister, is necessary to keep the pace of the movement. The meeting will also strategise on the proposed indefinite fast from July 25 in New Delhi.

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