Core committee of Team Anna to meet on Saturday

The Core Committee of Team Anna will meet in New Delhi on October 29 during which the members are expected to discuss the controversies surrounding the group, including continuance of Prashant Bhushan in the team and alleged financial malfeasance of Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi.

It is, however, not clear whether Anna Hazare will attend the meeting as he is on a 'vow of silence'.

The meeting will take place against the backdrop of the resignation of two prominent activists Rajinder Singh and P V Rajagopal and allegations against Kejriwal and Bedi.

Team Anna detractor Swami Agnivesh alleged that donations collected for the Hazare agitation were deposited in a trust run by Kejriwal of which no other Team Anna member was a part.

Bedi is facing allegations that she overcharged hosts by inflating her travel bills and that she availed discounts on air tickets using her gallantry medal. She defended herself saying she did not personally benefit and that the money thus saved went to the foundation.

The former IPS officer, while offering to return the excess money thus collected, said her travel agent was handling the travel account and has been asked to return the money.

Bhushan recently triggered a controversy by advocating plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir. He was beaten up by two youths in his Supreme Court lawyers' chamber in Delhi as they were apparently upset with his stand on Jammu and Kashmir.

Hazare has already distanced himself from the senior lawyer on the issue.