New Delhi: The fissures in Team Anna are out in the open even as anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and his associates are involved in an all-out war against the UPA government over the Lokpal Bill. Anna Hazare's fight against corruption started on a non-political platform, but his call to the Hisar electorate to not vote for the Congress party seems to have split his team with some members opening questioning the need to take a political stand.
Moreover, it is not only the political posture of Hazare and a part of Team Anna that seems to have upset some of his associates. The development comes even as Anna Hazara has not only cleared the air over his close associate senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan's continuance in his team after his controversial remarks calling for plebiscite in Kashmir Valley, but also said that he was willing to fight Pakistan.
Following Bhushan's comment, Hazare had also said that his continuation in Team Anna would be reconsidered following the controversial remark that also resulted in an attack on Bhushan by three people inside his chamber in the Supreme Court.
But the latest case of friction has come to the fore after the anti-Congress campaign carried out by Hazare and his close associates Arvind Kejriwal during the Hisar by-election....
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05:53 PM, Oct 18, 2011
The HJC candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi with the backing of BJP bagged the Hisar Parliamentary constituency by-election. ...
10:59 PM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: A severe drubbing for the Congress in Hisar and two other losses in Assembly bypolls, Khadakvasala in Maharashtra and Banswada in Andhra Pradesh. The party is continuing to put up a brave face, dismissing suggestions that Team Anna which campaigned against the party played any role in the Battle for Hisar. In Hisar, Haryana the Congress candidate lost his deposit with Kuldeep Bishnoi supported by the BJP winning....
08:28 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Hisar: Kuldeep Bishnoi of the Haryana Janhit Congress (Bhajan Lal) won the Hisar Lok Sabha by-elections defeating his nearest rival Ajay Singh Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal by 6323 votes. Bishnoi was also supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress candidate Jai Prakash was a distant third despite his party being in power in the state. Jai Prakash (58) is a former Union minister and three-time MP...
02:27 PM, Oct 17, 2011
Hisar: All eyes are on Hisar in Haryana where the results for the by-polls for the Lok Sabha seat will be announced on Monday. Stakes are high for both the Congress and Team Anna, which had given a call to not vote for the ruling party candidate. Kuldeep Bishnoi of the Haryana Janhit Congress has taken a big lead over his nearest rival Ajay Chautala of the Indian National Lok...
10:51 AM, Oct 17, 2011
Hisar: Haryana Janhit Congress candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday said that Team Anna's campaign in Hisar was completely anti-Congress, which indicates negative politics. "Team Anna should have campaigned against all corrupt politicians, asking people not to vote for corrupt candidates. But they asked voters not to vote specifically for the Congress," Bishnoi said. However, he said that the campaign will have no substantial impact. "The Congress was already weak in...
09:40 AM, Oct 17, 2011
Hisar: Indian National Lok Dal candidate in Hisar by-polls Ajay Singh Chautala, on Monday, said that Anna Hazare's team's campaign will benefit his party in the polls. The results of the by-polls will be announced on Monday. Chautala also claimed that the initial leads were in his favour. He added, "The chargesheet against me was prepared by the Congress. No one can prove any corruption charges against me." Ajay Singh...
09:07 AM, Oct 17, 2011
Hisar: The results for the Hisar by-polls for the Lok Sabha seat will be announced on Monday. It remains to be seen whether Team Anna's campaign against the Congress will be effective. The candidates in the fray: Jai Prakash of the Congress is a three-time MP from Hisar. He finished third in the the 2009 elections. Every pro-Anna and anti-Congress ballot polled will benefit Kuldeep Bishnoi of the Haryana Janhit...
08:42 AM, Oct 17, 2011
