NEW DELHI: Team Anna on Thursday announced their plan to enter the electoral arena with the avowed objective to provide a "political alternative" to the 'corrupt' political class as a combination of public indifference and government's apathy forced them to called off their indefinite fast at 5pm on Friday without accomplishing their objectives.
Anna Hazare said that the anti-graft campaign would support candidates committed to "patriotism" and "country's development". Although the veteran protester ruled out joining or supporting a political party himself, the announcement virtually sets the stage for the entry of his colleagues in the electoral fray as an independent group. Hazare hinted as much by saying "it is not wrong to form a political party", marking a radical switch from the initial posture of an aloofness from political process to embracing it with a "wreck-it-from-within" agenda.
India Against Corruption: Team Anna eyes 2014 polls, to call off fast today - The Times of India
Anna Hazare said that the anti-graft campaign would support candidates committed to "patriotism" and "country's development". Although the veteran protester ruled out joining or supporting a political party himself, the announcement virtually sets the stage for the entry of his colleagues in the electoral fray as an independent group. Hazare hinted as much by saying "it is not wrong to form a political party", marking a radical switch from the initial posture of an aloofness from political process to embracing it with a "wreck-it-from-within" agenda.
India Against Corruption: Team Anna eyes 2014 polls, to call off fast today - The Times of India
