Anna, Kejriwal settle dispute over IAC fund | | Kejriwal had offered a cheque more than once to Hazare after differences erupted over the issue of forming a political party | Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 23, 2012, 18:20 IST | |
The funds collected by the India Against Corruption as part of the anti-corruption campaign may not come between Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal as both sides have indicated that while Kejriwal was willing to part with the money, Hazare wants to forgo it.
A demand for the fund now deposited with the Public Cause Research Foundation of Arvind Kejriwal was made at a meeting attended by both sides after Anna announced his decision to have nothing to do with the party being launched by Kejriwal. However, Arvind Kejriwal’s supporters have clarified that Anna himself did not want it.
A PTI report further said quoting sources that Kejriwal had offered a cheque more than once to Hazare after differences erupted over the issue of forming a political party. Kejriwal went to Ralegan Siddhi and offered a cheque but Hazare refused to take it. They said Hazare was of the view that they should try to get a copy of the volunteer's list. "They can give us a copy and keep one with them. What is the harm in it?" Hazare was quoted as saying.

Kiran Bedi had also suggested at the same meeting that a new office should be found for India Against Corruption. A Kejriwal supporter said that Arvind Kejriwal did not want to be distracted by petty issues and hence these questions would be ironed out soon. In fact we had suggested that Kiran Bedi's office could double up as IAC office, which she declined, the supporter said.

However the Facebook page of IAC which its maker had refused to part with has been taken back by Kejriwal through a unique technique of merging similar FB pages. But this has resulted in the content being lost. However all the followers of the IAC page have been transferred automatically to the FB page of Kejriwal called Final War Against Corruption.

Some Anna followers have threatened to go to court against Kejriwal over this.

Anna’s move to disband team part of growing up: Khurshid by Aug 7, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Anna Hazare's move to disband his team which was agitating on Lokpal was "part of growing up and moving ahead" while Congress steered clear of the issue, terming it as their internal matter which was "not relevant" to the party.

Khurshid, however, said he found little sense in their decision not to hold talks with the government, saying "in politics, you have to talk to everybody"

"...I think it has been a collective decision. It is part of growing up and moving ahead," he said when asked about Hazare's move to disband Team Anna.

Asked how does he view the decision of Hazare not to hold talks with government, the minister said it does not make sense to him. Salman Khurshid in this file photo. PTI
"In politics, you have to talk to everybody. You may be disappointed, but that is another matter," he said.

On the Lokpal Bill, Khurshid said that further action on the issue was possible only after the Rajya Sabha Select Committee gives its report.

At the AICC briefing, party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said, "It is their own internal matter... whatever happened is not relevant to us in the total scheme of things. We are neither unhappy nor happy. We have no opinion on his team."

Apparently paving the way for the formation of a political party, Team Anna today disbanded itself and decided not to have any more talks with the government on Lokpal issue.

The dissolution of Anna Hazare's team came three days after it ended its indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar here with plans for formation of a political alternative to fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.