Santosh Hegde to skip Team Anna meeting

With some of his colleagues facing questions of probity,Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde said on Thursday that Anna Hazare’s strength lies in the common man and not in the core committee.

“I don’t think Anna’s strength lies in core committee or the people’s honesty in the core committee. Anna’s strength lies in the common man’s fight against corruption… That’s his strength,it’s not a few people in the core committee,” he said. The former Supreme Court Judge also said he would not attend the core committee meeting in Delhi on Saturday as he had a prior commitment in Mumbai. “I am not out of Team Anna with a rider that my commitment to Team Anna is in regard to a strong Lokpal Bill and fight against corruption. Beyond that,I am not with anybody,” he said. Asked about the controversies surrounding Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi,he remarked: “It’s a nice churning and ‘manthan’ is going on…”