<p>A day after Team Anna targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee, the anti-graft activists Thursday launched a tirade against several union ministers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They attacked Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Law Minister Salman Khurshid.<br /><br />Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan first attacked Pawar, accusing him of having connections with gangsters.<br /><br />"He lobbied for Pappu Kalani to get him an election ticket," said Bhushan.<br />Kalani is a former legislator from Maharashtra with several criminal cases against him.<br />"He (Pawar) also got pulses imported at higher rates and sold them at even higher prices," said Bhushan.<br /><br />He also alleged that Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule, also a member of parliament, had shares in the controversial Lavasa housing project in Maharashtra.<br /><br />He then blamed S.M. Krishna for the rise of the coal mafia in Karnataka.<br />Earlier in the the day, Team Anna's indefinite fast against corruption got off to a slow start with thin crowds and leaders of the movement missing in the morning hours. However, more people started trickling into the venue as the day went by.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A day after Team Anna targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee, the anti-graft activists Thursday launched a tirade against several union ministers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They attacked Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Law Minister Salman Khurshid.<br /><br />Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan first attacked Pawar, accusing him of having connections with gangsters.<br /><br />"He lobbied for Pappu Kalani to get him an election ticket," said Bhushan.<br />Kalani is a former legislator from Maharashtra with several criminal cases against him.<br />"He (Pawar) also got pulses imported at higher rates and sold them at even higher prices," said Bhushan.<br /><br />He also alleged that Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule, also a member of parliament, had shares in the controversial Lavasa housing project in Maharashtra.<br /><br />He then blamed S.M. Krishna for the rise of the coal mafia in Karnataka.<br />Earlier in the the day, Team Anna's indefinite fast against corruption got off to a slow start with thin crowds and leaders of the movement missing in the morning hours. However, more people started trickling into the venue as the day went by.<br /><br /></p>