<p>Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare Tuesday admitted to differences with Arvind Kejriwal and other members of the India Against Corruption (IAC) group on various issues.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 75-year old Hazare reiterated that he would not launch a political party to fight corruption.<br /><br />"However, Kejriwal is free to launch a political party if he wants," Hazare told the media, emerging from a meeting with a few prominent social workers in Pune.<br /><br />Asked if he would support candidates put up by Kejriwal's party, Hazare said: "Our destination is common, only the paths are different."<br /><br />Hazare announced he would soon embark on a nationwide tour to create awareness on corruption and revive the anti-graft movement which has been floundering in recent months.<br /><br />Indicating a growing rift within the anti-corruption movement he launched nearly two years ago, Hazare has cast his net wide to include prominent personalities with a clean image to join or advise his campaign.<br /><br />Of the 35 top social personalities he has invited, he had meetings with half a dozen Tuesday in Pune. He will meet more people in New Delhi Wednesday.<br /><br />Some of them are Prakash Amte, Abhay Bang, Girish Prabhune, Suniti S.R., Medha Patkar, Vishwambhar Choudhary, Surekha Dalwi, Ulka Mahajan, Bhau Torsekar, Narendra Dabholkar, Jaywant Matkar and Avinash Dharmadhikari.<br /><br />While many have responded positively to the invitation, a few have cited prior commitments to keep away from Hazare for now.<br /><br />Hazare's declaration that he would neither contest elections nor form a political party effectively threw cold water on a 'referendum' by IAC, the results of which were released Monday.<br /><br />According to IAC, its week-long survey attracted 737,041 respondents of whom 561,701 (76 percent) favoured a political party while the rest were against the idea.</p>
<p>Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare Tuesday admitted to differences with Arvind Kejriwal and other members of the India Against Corruption (IAC) group on various issues.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 75-year old Hazare reiterated that he would not launch a political party to fight corruption.<br /><br />"However, Kejriwal is free to launch a political party if he wants," Hazare told the media, emerging from a meeting with a few prominent social workers in Pune.<br /><br />Asked if he would support candidates put up by Kejriwal's party, Hazare said: "Our destination is common, only the paths are different."<br /><br />Hazare announced he would soon embark on a nationwide tour to create awareness on corruption and revive the anti-graft movement which has been floundering in recent months.<br /><br />Indicating a growing rift within the anti-corruption movement he launched nearly two years ago, Hazare has cast his net wide to include prominent personalities with a clean image to join or advise his campaign.<br /><br />Of the 35 top social personalities he has invited, he had meetings with half a dozen Tuesday in Pune. He will meet more people in New Delhi Wednesday.<br /><br />Some of them are Prakash Amte, Abhay Bang, Girish Prabhune, Suniti S.R., Medha Patkar, Vishwambhar Choudhary, Surekha Dalwi, Ulka Mahajan, Bhau Torsekar, Narendra Dabholkar, Jaywant Matkar and Avinash Dharmadhikari.<br /><br />While many have responded positively to the invitation, a few have cited prior commitments to keep away from Hazare for now.<br /><br />Hazare's declaration that he would neither contest elections nor form a political party effectively threw cold water on a 'referendum' by IAC, the results of which were released Monday.<br /><br />According to IAC, its week-long survey attracted 737,041 respondents of whom 561,701 (76 percent) favoured a political party while the rest were against the idea.</p>