Mufti Shameem Kazmi

Mobile recording charge fabricated: Mufti Kazmi

Bijnor: Mufti Shameem Kazmi, a key Team Anna member who was expelled from the group for allegedly recording secretly the proceedings of a core committee meeting, on Tuesday said the charges against him were "fabricated".

"I don't know the functions of a mobile phone so how can I record the proceedings of the meeting," he told reporters in Bijnor.

He alleged some people in the committee were trying to achieve their political ambition in the name of drive against corruption and "they could not digest my close proximity to social activist Anna Hazare, my recent meeting with UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and my soaring popularity. So they fabricated the charges against me".

Kazmi claimed the fund collected under Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF), meant for strengthening the Lokpal movement, were misused....more    

Team Anna expels Mufti Kazmi

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said, however, that the two will continue to fight against corruption and may appear on a single stage together. ...

Anna Hazare breaks silence, says no rift in team

New Delhi: As fresh cracks appeared in Team Anna after the expulsion of a Muslim leader, Anna Hazare on Monday said there was no rift in the group over the "leakage" of information or yoga guru Ramdev. In his first reaction after the expulsion of Mufti Shameem Kazmi after he was allegedly found recording the proceedings of Core Committee meeting in Noida in UP, Hazare said that there is no...  

Drama at Team Anna meet, Muslim member expelled

Noida (UP): High drama was witnessed at the Team Anna Core Committee meeting in Noida on Sunday with the group expelling one of its members Mufti Shameem Kazmi for allegedly recording its proceedings even as he claimed that he quit the movement as it was turning anti-Muslim. Kazmi stormed out of the meeting attended by Anna Hazare on Sunday afternoon and announced his resignation to the media outside the venue,...