Behind Anna Hazare and his team of four, Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal, there is a huge team of over 30 members are working round the clock to make the crusade agains

Behind Anna Hazare and his team of four — Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal — there is a team of over 30 people working to make the crusade against corruption a success. What is little known is the source of funding, though members of the A-Team claim it is from “public donations”.

Beat this. The latest to join Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption are the animal rights activists. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations wrote that “animals continue to suffer horrendously due to poor governance and corruption. The India Against Corruption campaign resonates strongly with the animal protection movement.”

In an attempt to get out of a self-created mess, the government has pressed into operation a backchannel group to parley with sympathisers of the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. A section in the government and the Congress is also looking at how it can use the private member’s bill, to be introduced in the Lok Sabha by the BJP’s Varun Gandhi on Friday, to extricate itself.

In an attempt to get out of a self-created mess, the government has pressed into operation a backchannel group to parley with sympathisers of the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

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As the Congress looked for a “foreign hand” behind the Anna Hazare agitation, Hindu outfits came out in open support of the anti-corruption crusader.

It was a strategy which went wrong from the word go. The UPA spin doctors failed to read the implications and decided to adopt a strong arm tactics by arresting anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

The BJP central leadership is divided on the Yeddyurappa issue. While a majority section wants him expelled from the party, others are in favour of exercising caution.

The BJP central leadership has reportedly sent a signal to Karnataka’s controversial chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to prepare to step down.

However, as part of a compromise formula, the leadership

The BJP central leadership has reportedly sent a signal to Karnataka’s controversial chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to prepare to step down.