Some serious stress fractures appeared this week when two prominent social activists on the 25-member core committee of India Against Corruption left the coalition.
He serves briefly, and zealously, as president of a university student association, and although that doesn't work out well, he later becomes "general secretary of the core committee of the Young Communists and section head at the Center for International Studies".
Anna Hazare announced on Monday that he would be revamping the core committee of his team to give representation to all sections of society such as religious minorities, tribals, Dalits and young people (Indian Express).
In the light of the allegations of impropriety levelled against core committee members of Team Anna, the social activist Anna Hazare has decided to adopt a constitution to guide their anti-corruption movement (Hindustan Times).
Ms. Patkar, a core committee member of Team Anna, is not in favor of converting the movement into a political party.
A core committee comprised of education experts and entrepreneurs, as well as the Yousafzai family and Malala herself, advises the fund and ensures we are channeling resources to reach the most girls in the safest way possible.
Our core committee, comprised of education experts and entrepreneurs, as well as the Yousafzai family and Malala herself, is nearly ready to administer its first grant, which honors Malala's wishes by giving girls at high risk of entering the workforce the opportunity to enroll in school instead.
But three prominent members of the core committee were conspicuous in their absence: the former supreme court justice Santosh Hegde and two veteran activists, Medha Patkar and Kumar Vishwas, all of whom had serious reservations about getting involved in politics.
Hazare, however, ruled out the possibility of revamping the core group, declaring in a statement read out by prominent aide Arvind Kejriwal that he does not "feel it is proper to dissolve the core committee".
This second version was then reviewed once more by the core committee members.
