Drama at Team Anna Meet, Muslim Member Storms Out


Noida (UP), Apr 22 (PTI) : High drama was witnessed at the Team Anna Core Committee meeting here today with the group expelling one of its members Mufti Shameem Kazmi for allegedly recording its proceedings even as he claimed that he quit the movement as it was turning anti-Muslim.

Kazmi stormed out of the meeting attended by Anna Hazare this afternoon and announced his resignation to the media outside the venue, alleging that the movement was turning "anti-Muslim" and there was no place for him in it.
 
He alleged that some of the prominent activists like Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia were running the show on their own like "authoritarians".

"I was the lone Muslim member in Team Anna Core Committee and I am out of it now. They don't want Muslims in it," he said.

However, soon after his outburst, Team Anna members Kumar Vishwas and Shazia Ilmi alleged that Kazmi was ousted from the group as he was "found audio-recording" the proceedings on his mobile phone.

Team Anna sources said he was "secretly" recording the proceedings and when he was asked why he was doing it, he suddenly got up and left. The sources said they believed that he was sending the audio to some journalists.

"It was a breach of trust. Team Anna has asked him to stay away," Ilmi and Vishwas said.

On his part, Kazmi alleged that Kejriwal was acting as an authoritarian.

"I have been with the movement since its beginning. Anna is a good man. Kejriwal and Sisodia were using Anna Hazare for their own purpose," Kazmi claimed.

The meeting was held against the backdrop of Team Anna expressing disagreement over the way in which Hazare was "forced" to address a press meet along with Ramdev after both had discussions on Friday.

Asked whether he was miffed with Team Anna's association with Ramdev, Kazmi said he was not against taking the support of the yoga guru.

"I don't have any problems with Ramdev. But Kejriwal and Sisodia do not want him because if he is on board, then they will lose their importance. They don't want this to happen," he alleged.

Earlier, Swami Agnivesh had to leave Team Anna after a video clipping purportedly showed him talking against Hazare.

Agnivesh was in the eye of a storm soon after Hazare's 12-day hunger strike in August last year when an anonymous video showed the activist talking to an unidentified person and asking him to deal sternly with Team Anna.

Earlier, two activists P V Rajagopal and Rajinder Singh had quit the team due to differences over the way in which decisions were taken.

  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • Don, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 24 2012

    Keep complaining, keep on blaming and make sure to bring your religion in the picture every time Mufti Shamim Kazmi. Going by history,you may end up being called "A great Leader" just like another person from your community not very long ago.. so keep sqeeking.

    DisAgree Agree [3] Reply Report Abuse

  • Edwin Nazareth., Shankerpura. Udipi

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Anna's and Ramdev's new drama, it is fooling innocent people, why Ramdev, put ladies dress and ranaway when police came to arrest him, Ramdev is a biggest theif in india, yoga is his public fooling tricks. no one should support both of them, because where are they till now to stop curruption. how come they wakeup now. not anna even his great grand children cant stop curruption in India.

    DisAgree [5] Agree [1] Reply Report Abuse

  • NAUFAL, UDDABETTU

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Anna's Meeting is for Nations welfare,then what is the problem to record.Is there any hidden meeting was going on.Time will say the truth.lets wait.

    DisAgree [4] Agree [1] Reply Report Abuse

  • A.Samad, Udupi

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    There is a possibilty of pressing record button by mistake specially if he is using NOKIA phone. Investigation must go and truth have to be revealed. Any case, if found guilty must be expelled.

    DisAgree [6] Agree [7] Reply Report Abuse

  • Kishore, Udupi/Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Very good commnets from The Guru, Mangalore.

    DisAgree [18] Agree [10] Reply Report Abuse

  • abdul samad, mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Anna team not a anti corruption team...its like pre planned RSS GROUP

    DisAgree [15] Agree [24] Reply Report Abuse

  • R.Fernandes, Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Anna episode itself is a big drama.
    What is happening now is drama within the dramas. Director and producer of this drama is not yet known but time will reveal everything.

    DisAgree [17] Agree [27] Reply Report Abuse

  • The Guru, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Bulsam, Mangalore

    What communal agenda? this country consists of 80% of hindus, why do we need to play communal card? 20% of votes to congress will not lead them to victory.

    RSS is just is medium to unite hindus and nothing else, coz this country is called Hindustan and we have every right to be united to tackle terrorist

    DisAgree [52] Agree [37] Reply Report Abuse

  • Praveen Bangera, Kaup/Mumbai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Mr. Bulsam Mangalore, If Shri Ravishankar, Annaji are from RSS, then I think the So called ZAKIR NAIK is part of L.E.T

    DisAgree [35] Agree [24] Reply Report Abuse

  • shakeel, dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    True Mr. Manoj. I agree with u. political party have given to him their share of Blackmoney.One more bikavu....

    DisAgree [10] Agree [15] Reply Report Abuse

  • John Tauro, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Mufti Shameem Kazmi quit the team for reason it was turning "anti-Muslim." Can anybody explain what was the "anti-Muslim" element in the Movement? If it is "anti-Muslim" why the other member of the same community (Ms. Shazia Ilmi)still in the team. This is a provoked publicity stunt since the Mufti was not so popular in the team in comparison to other members.

    DisAgree [9] Agree [25] Reply Report Abuse

  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Humko Yeh 'Maannaa'
    Jahaan 'Anna'
    Wahaan 'Draama'
    Maksad Kyaa? Humhe 'Samajnaa'!!

    DisAgree [7] Agree [30] Reply Report Abuse

  • Arif, Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Whenever any organization does something good for the nation, there will always such kinda of incident happens because it is growing. when the organization grows from numbers to numbers you need a strong LEADERSHIP quality to handle the team. ANNA SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT "BOOND BOOND SE BANTA HAI SAGAR" Hope he will take this positively. Lets not forget that Anna team has done some good job for the nation.

    DisAgree [4] Agree [7] Reply Report Abuse

  • Arif, Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Whenever any organization does something good for the nation, there will always such kinda of incident happens because it is growing. when the organization grows from numbers to numbers you need a strong LEADERSHIP quality to handle the team. ANNA SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT "BOOND BOOND SE BANTA HAI SAGAR" Hope he will take this positively. Lets not forget that Anna team has done some good job for the nation.

    DisAgree [7] Agree [11] Reply Report Abuse

  • Vincent, vincent/Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Doubt arises against team Anna due to including Ramadev. If they realy want to tackle curruption, why joining with Baba Ramdev?. That means these people want popularity with hidden agenda against congress party, it is 100% sure. They could not get support at Mumbai, then immediately join hands with Baba Ramdev. What is necessary to join with him?. If people do not support then not to do like politian for fighting corruption. People will support you if you work independently without glamouring events, arranging music, loud speakers, big stage, is it require?..

    Here any smart indian can make out the hidden agenda in their work. It is not wright to express anti-muslim after Kazmi removal, it is wrong thinking because no proof. If anybody make mistake should be penalised. Very important thing is Team anna members do not have broad minded thoughts of the nation, for example CBI under independent body so it is very danger to the nation. Who will question if CBI not doing job if comes under independent body?,.Like election body, therey are many miising names in voter's list? are election committee taking action? no....

    DisAgree [13] Agree [24] Reply Report Abuse

  • P.A.SHANU, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Mr.ACHIDANADA SHETTY,


    Questions..
    1.What was wrong if Kazmi was recording the proceedings of team Anna ? Was there any criminal conspiracy was the topic of Annas meeting ?
    2. As you said, RSS looks for the nation first, then caste.What was the things done by RSS for the nation so far ?
    3.What is your openion on Team Anna ?

    DisAgree [19] Agree [53] Reply Report Abuse

  • Prashanth, Mangalore/Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Dal nahi hai jossey isme poora kala hai...

    DisAgree [2] Agree [33] Reply Report Abuse

  • Vasu, Sharjah

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    In India if any good working started by some one like Anna instead all of us supporting him some creature dividing team public mood with odd comments like Hindu muslim. Hi gents can we work together with name ABCD as indian instead hindu muslim. just give us one good example of Anna team done bad for this society comparing to our corporate politician.

    DisAgree [9] Agree [25] Reply Report Abuse

  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Many people make so many comments the way they want but reality what happened there nobody bothered. The truth was Kazmi recording the meeting proceedings without knowledge of Team Anna with an intention to send the same to Journalist and he left the place when he was asked why? So now people those who are plagued by communal mentality started writing various comments blaming RSS etc. People who do not know “RSS Principle” makes so many comments, let them attend one such drill in RSS session, the day will start with National Song like “Sadaa Vatsale Maatra Bhoomi” and ends with “Jana Gana Mana”. Will other communal forums starts and ends with National Song or Anthem? Some of them even have problem to sing “Vande Mataram”. For RSS people, Nations come first and then religion but other Forums religion comes first and then Nation

    DisAgree [42] Agree [30] Reply Report Abuse

  • Krishnaraj, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Very Well said, MANOJ - Jeddah,

    These people know very well how to use this Minority card.. time again they caught red handedly. but every time they get caught they use the car ANTI-MUSLIM, and we have enough Fools in the country to believe so...
    This Kazmi may have got huge some of bribe from Congress to do and also must have taught him too how to use the Anti-Muslim card. We have see it in the fast how Kausar Banu played this Anti-muslim card against Narendra Modi in Guj riots, later got slap from the supreme court.. This is the Time once again to get Slap...

    Jai ho Anna, Jai ho- Anti Corruption union.

    DisAgree [29] Agree [30] Reply Report Abuse

  • Vicky, Dubai

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    Mufti must have got a really big amount from the ruling party to break the unity. Well done Mufti!!

    DisAgree [28] Agree [28] Reply Report Abuse

  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    This TEAM ANNA will create all kinds of problems as it is not gaining grounds in all fronts. They can never ever eradicate corruption as they are themselves polluted.Why they have taken such a long time in spite of fasting, fasting to death and what not. They just want publicity but nothing else. Show some results and the jantha will give you full support. The first thing they should not go against any religion or caste and then only you can win the race.

    DisAgree [5] Agree [13] Reply Report Abuse

  • Manoj , jeddah

    Mon, Apr 23 2012

    If Mufti shameem goes out from team Anna its Anti muslim,If Swamy Agnivesh go out why it is not Anti Hindu????anyway team Anna doing good work for our Nation than any others.They are not communal minded like our politics.

    DisAgree [51] Agree [63] Reply Report Abuse

  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 22 2012

    If it is true that Anna, Ramdev, Sri Ravi Shankar & Other wings are the masked front runners of RSS and their target is to bring BJP to complete Majority in the 2014 general election hence they can complete few of their hidden communal agenda then they are playing with communal fire. The GenNext Indians and the world around will no more believe Anna and his coteries. If they are really fighting against corruption then they have to prove it in the BJP ruled states too and not the only agenda of bashing Congress leadership.
    Please remember, like the Nazis, the RSS too is a bundle of "anti-" attitudes - anti-democratic and anti-Republican extremist organisation. THE RSS have two dreams the first is to bring together all upper class Hindus into a vast 'Greater Hindu nation' the second was the expansion of Bharat into the virtually 'boundless' territory of the Akhand Bharat, from Iran to Indonesia.
    To define a race, the social Darwinists affixed stereotypes, both positive and negative, of ethnic group appearance, behavior, and culture as allegedly unchangeable and rooted in biological inheritance, immutable throughout time and immune to changes in environment, intellectual development, or socialization. Like Nazis, for the RSS, assimilation of a member of one race into another culture or ethnic group was impossible because the original inherited traits could not change: they could only degenerate through so-called race-mixing.
    Like the Nazis, the RSS too believes that superior races had not just the right but the obligation to subdue and even exterminate inferior ones. They believe that this struggle of races was consistent with the law of nature. They pursue a strategic vision of a dominant Aryan Hindu race ruling subject peoples, especially the Muslims, Christians and the Dalits.

    DisAgree [42] Agree [54] Reply Report Abuse

  • Siva Avadani, Manipal/Dubai

    Sun, Apr 22 2012

    Pura Daal hi Kaala hai

    DisAgree Agree [11] Reply Report Abuse

  • Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumbai

    Sun, Apr 22 2012

    So it is now true - DAL MEIN KUCH KALA HAI...........

    DisAgree [44] Agree [77] Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Drama at Team Anna Meet, Muslim Member Storms Out



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.