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This is an archive article published on October 28, 2011

Need to overhaul Team Anna,but no rift within: Medha

Patkar is also skipping Saturday's core committee meet.

Another Team Anna member Medha Patkar today said there was a need for “overhauling” the group as it was facing a number of allegations but denied any rift within.

At the same time,Patkar said she would not be attending tomorrow’s core committee meeting,which Hazare and Justice Santosh Hegde have also decided to skip.

“I don’t think there is a difference of opinion. A bit of overhauling is certainly becoming necessary because there are a number of allegations… core committee members are being targeted,” she said.

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She said tomorrow’s meeting of the committee would be in a better position to take a decision on the overhaul.

Her remarks came as another Team Anna member Kumar Vishwas shot off a letter to Hazare on the eve of the meeting,seeking its expansion to make it more representative.

Patkar,a prominent member of the core committee,said all its members were with the movement. “The movement is not about the core committee,” she asserted.

Asked about Justice Santosh Hegde’s ‘manthan’ remarks,Patkar said Hegde was was not giving any opinion against the committee or the movement.

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“He has the right to give his own frank opinion whether it is with respect to any allegation or otherwise,” she said.

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