-PTI
Anna Hazare’s team today found itself at the wrong end of the graft-and-transparency stick with a former group associate, Swami Agnivesh, raising questions about possible funds diversion by Arvind Kejriwal.
Team Anna member Manish Sisodia claimed Agnivesh was acting “out of anger” at being removed from the team after a video clip purportedly showed him asking a person to deal strongly with Hazare.
According to Agnivesh, around Rs 80 lakh that supporters had donated to Hazare’s India Against Corruption campaign was diverted to Kejriwal’s trust.
Agnivesh said neither Hazare nor any of his key associates has anything to do with the trust, called the Public Cause Research Foundation. “Even Justice Santosh Hegde, who has a clean image, does not have his name in the trust. So, the main members of the team are not part of the trust.”
He said: “I am not saying there is some fraud and corruption in the accounts,” insisting he was merely demanding transparency.