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Team Annas core committee may see a rejig

NEW DELHI: The core committee of Team Anna will meet here on Saturday amid indications that the body may be dissolved to make way for a new entity which can withstand pressure tactics from the government. Sources in the anti-corruption group said there was a strong possibility of the core committee getting scrapped in response to governments move to slander the movement by targeting its members. The move has been encouraged by the assessment that while the core committee has never been the engine for the powerful movement which forced the government to initiate steps to create a strong Lokpal, its projection as the pivot for Anna Hazares campaign has encouraged the government to pick holes in the reputation of its members in order to discredit the anti-corruption movement itself. The movement derives its strength from the popular anger against corruption and will continue to gather strength irrespective of what happens to the core committee or its members, a member of Team Anna said, adding that the new version of the core committee may not have members who are susceptible to governments dirty tricks. The move comes at a time when individual core committee members including Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal have been embroiled in controversy. Hazares blogger and freelance journalist Raju Parulekar also hinted that the Gandhian was keen on a establishing an apolitical organization with members from legal and defence backgrounds. Another indication came from Viswas Kumar, a member of the core committee. Referring to attacks against core committee members Bedi, Kejriwal and Bhushan, Kumar asked Hazare to suspend the group. Such attacks and the subsequent clarifications will strengthen the conspiracy to divert attention from the key issues... I request you to give greater representation to the core committee consisting of limited members and turn it into a hard-core committee comprising of 121 crore people... I once against urge you to suspend the present core committee and create a new system to enable us to see a corruption-free new India, he said.

                                                                                                               
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