Medha Patkar decides to skip Core Committee meeting

New Delhi, October 28, 2011 (PTI)



Another Team Anna member Medha Patkar on Friday said there was a need for "overhauling" the group as it was facing a number of allegations and many members of the Core Committee were being targeted, but denied any rift within.



At the same time, Ms. Patkar said she will not be attending Saturday's Core Committee meeting, which Mr. Hazare and Justice Santosh Hegde have also decided to skip.



"I don't think there is a difference of opinion. The only thing is a bit of overhauling is certainly becoming necessary because there are a number of allegations and Core Committee members are being targeted," she said.



She said Saturday's meeting of the Committee will be in a better position to take a decision on the overhauling.



Her remarks came as another Team Anna member Kumar Vishwas shot off a letter to Mr. Hazare on the eve of Core Committee meeting, seeking its expansion to make it more representative against the backdrop of Congress leaders targeting it.



Ms. Patkar, a prominent member of the Core Committee, said all its members are with the movement.



"The movement does not mean only Core Committee," she asserted.



Asked about Justice Santosh Hegde's remarks on allegations faced by Team Anna members that "it's a nice churning and 'manthan' is going on", Ms. Patkar said he was not giving any opinion against the Committee or the movement.



"He has the right to give his own frank opinion whether it is with respect to any allegation or otherwise," she said.


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