06:14 PMAnna Hazare says he will not contest elections but will support the party from outside.
06:10 PMAnna Hazare criticizes the government saying the UPA regime has betrayed the country time and again.
06:03 PMArvind Kejriwal asked people for their suggestions for the name of the new political party. Kejriwal aslo urged people to suggest ways to ensure than once elected, the representatives will not become corrupt.
05:54 PMKejriwal has been on a hunger strike since 10 days. Anna joined the fast on Sunday. Anna and his team of activists will end the hunger strike shortly.
05:38 PMArvind Kejriwal speaks at Jantar Mantar
Arvind Kejriwal thanks media, volunteers and everyone associated with the movement. This was my first hunger strike and for the first time I realized what hunger means, Kejriwal says.
05:05 PM"Every one is free to take a decision to launch political party. There is no need for further comment. I welcome it."
- Nitish Kumar
05:04 PMNitish welcomes Team Anna's decision to join politics
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today hailed Team Anna's intention to provide a political alternative by joining electoral politics. "I welcome the intention of Team Anna to launch a political party," Kumar said.
04:54 PMTeam Anna's decision to join politics is a logical conclusion of their movement, Yogendra Yadav says.
04:41 PMAnna said he had nothing against the Congress, Union law minister Salman Khurshid has said in an article in news magazine Tehelka.
03:52 PMTeam Anna members always wanted to be in power: Vasan
Congress continues to take potshots at Team Anna for stating that it is considering a political alternative, saying the members always wanted to be in power. Senior Congress leader and Union shipping minister G K Vasan says his party had been saying it for the past one year.
03:44 PMCongress leader Digvijiya Singh welcomes Anna and his team's decision to give India a political alternative. Digvijiya Singh says now Team Anna should be ready to be at the receiving end.
03:25 PMAnna Hazare and Kiran Bedi
Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi read newspaper at Jantat Mantar in New Delhi.
03:06 PMIn an interview to a news channel, Gadkari said the BJP supports "anyone who's against corruption, be it Anna Hazare or Baba Ramdev. If Anna seeks our support, we will help".
03:06 PMTeam Anna cannot be alternative to BJP: Gadkari
BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today welcomed Anna Hazare and his team's announcement to enter the political arena but stressed that it could not become an alternative to his party.
03:05 PM"When people with noble intentions join politics, either they don't last long or they don't achieve much."
- Medha Patkar
03:05 PMHowever, a word of caution came from Medha Patkar, a member of Team Anna's core committee who made a single appearance at the Jantar Mantar protest this time. One has to ensure that people who are awakened remained so and one has to think a 100 times before taking a plunge into electoral politics, Medha Patkar said.
03:04 PMTeam Anna says fight is for changing system, not power
Team Anna today said its political alternative will not compromise on corruption, holding their fight is for changing the system and not power. "Anna is a hero of people. How long he can remain deaf to the voice of people? He has taken a decision to challenge the political class," a statement posted on the India Against Corruption website said.
02:11 PMGen V K Singh Singh was among 21 others who on Thursday appealed to Team Anna to end their stir contending that their energies are needed for reforming the existing political system.
02:11 PMGen V K Singh Singh will offer juice to Hazare to break his fast, Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan told protesters in New Delhi on Friday afternoon.
02:09 PMEx-Army chief Gen V K Singh to share dais with Hazare
Former Army chief Gen V K Singh will share dais with Anna Hazare and offer juice to the 74-year-old activist to break his six-day long fast.
01:47 PMVoicing similar views, Siddharth Rai, another supporter, said that a movement led by the masses has had more impact than any political party.
01:46 PMTeam Anna's decision to enter politics upsets some supporters
Some supporters of veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Friday expressed disappointment over the civil society activists move to float a new political party. Ram Avatar, a supporter of Anna Hazare, said that they were let down with Anna's decision as their purpose was to combat graft and not to form any political party.
01:40 PMIt has become the nature of various governments - whether at the centre or in the states - not to pay heed to the concerns of the public. So, we had to arrive at a conclusion, Manish Sisodia said.
01:40 PM"People are sending their views. But the bottom line is to take this movement from the streets to the parliament."
- Manish Sisodia
01:37 PMAnupam Kher with Anna Hazare
On Thursday, actor Anupam Kher asked Anna and other fasting activists to end their fast.
01:27 PMThe public will decide how the movement, which began on the streets, should reach the parliament, Manish Sisodia says.
01:22 PM"Right now it's premature to say about forming a political party. We will have to give a political alternative and it will come out from the public"
- Team Anna member Manish Sisodia
01:21 PMPremature to form political party: Manish Sisodia
Team Anna member Manish Sisodia on Friday said it would be premature to form a political party and that the public will decide the path of the movement from the streets to parliament.
01:20 PMAnna's decision to float political party evokes mixed response
The proposal of veteran social activist Anna Hazare to float a political party has evoked mixed response across the country. BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that India's democratic setup was very supportive of any individual or collective foray into electoral politics.
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