Team Anna losing its punch?

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Is the fight against corruption losing its steam in Bengaluru? Has the interest among the public waned? The anti-corruption campaign spearheaded by Anna Hazare received enthusiastic support last year.

The ongoing protest that began on July 25 seems to be supported mainly by students sent by their colleges. On Friday, due to rain and Varamahalakshmi Vratha festival, the count of supporters in Freedom Park dropped to only a handful.

Former Lokayukta Santosh Hegde accepted that there has been a drop in participation.
“We have been campaigning in colleges, and a few students did participate. But it is not the same, it’s much less than earlier,” Mr Hegde told Deccan Chronicle.

Activist Anna Hazare said in Delhi today that since the government has been dragging its feet on the Lokpal Bill for two years now, may be the time has come to look at 'an alternative'.

Just what form that alternative will take is not clear. “I have no idea what alternative Anna is talking about,” Justice Hegde said. “I have not been in touch with Team Anna. Whether it is a violent stand, I don’t think so. Or is it a political party? I am yet to be informed about it.”

Mr Hegde said that he himself is not interested in contesting elections, but he wouldn’t mind extending support to an honest candidate.