01/11/16
My first reaction is that unless this matter of collecting funds from the time of India Against corruption Jan Andolan 0f 2011among various stake holders- gets resolved amicably through dialogue it is going to get messier and involvement of the financial institutions-I.T, ED and even courts can,t be ruled out. Singly out Anna Hazare and or Kiran Bedi/Prshant Bhusan is not going to be helpful. Regds JKGaur Mumbai
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 2:22 PM
To: Anna Hazare; Anna Hazare; annahazare2@gmail.com; Ashok Sabban; Allauddin Shaikh
Cc: indiaresists
Subject: [IAC#RG] Outstanding issues to be resolved concerning INDIA AGAINST CORUPTION
To:
Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan Nyas, "BVJAN"
<annahazareoffice@gmail.com>, through
a) Shri Ashok Ramesh Sabban (Trustee / Secretary)
b) Shri Allauddind Maqbul Shaikh (Trustee / former Secretary)
Date: 02 November 2016
BY EMAIL
Respected Sirs,
Pranam,
We have noted that our concerns contained in our Private email communication dated 19.Sep.2016 to yourselves have not been responded to. Although one Shri Sanjay Pathare spoke with us thereafter but no definite action was taken from your side. It was also our magnanimity towards Annaji that we did not precipitate matters and waited till Annaji's biopic was released on 14.Oct.2016..
Accordingly, We are now caused to request you to clarify / resolve the past issues of our email dt. 19.Sep.2016 and the following additional issues without further delay, otherwise we shall, albeit reluctantly, have to take up these matters before the competent agencies, regulatory bodies and courts, as appropriate.
1) The issue of the visit of Ms. Anjali Damania to Ralegan Siddhi on or about 01.June.2016. We are very reliably given to understand that Ms. Damania discussed at length with Annaji the new political formation / party emerging from Aam Aadmi Party being led by Team Anna's Shri Prashant Bhushan, now known as "Swaraj India" and the ways to again misuse our name of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION, as they did in the past to collect money from public which was neither recorded in the BVJA Nyas or the PCRF audited accounts.
2) The issue of rendition of accounts to the public and the State for the Rupees TWENTY FIVE CRORE collected by way of ANNA SMS Cards / INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION SMS Cards arranged for and sold by Annaji's employees, ie. Shri Datta Awari, Shri Suresh Pathare, Shri Dadasaheb Pathare and Shri Sanjay Pathare etc. on behalf of Ms. Kiran Bedi from about 6 April 2012 onwards. We are concerned that not only has Ms. Kiran Bedi seemingly failed to properly account to Public Cause Research Foundation (of which she is still a trustee per PCRF's website) for the Rupees TWENTY FIVE CRORE collected on sale of these NETCORE Tata-Docomo SMS cards (on basis of Rs. 25 per card for 1 crore such cards sold) but had also apparently sold another 2 crore of such SMS cards as per Annaji's own recorded statements of December 2012 later circulated on several TV channels. Correspondingly, Annaji has apparently failed to account for the monies collected by his aforementioned employees in accounts of BVJAN. Because BVJAN's audited accounts for year ending March 2012 are not disclosed on Annaji's website, We remind you that PCRF's audited accounts for the year ending March 2012 only record income of Rs. 1.59 lakhs for these SMS cards and we would like to know if / where the balance funds collected by misusing INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION name have been accounted for. Accordingly, we convey our apprehension that Ms. Kiran Bedi and/or Annaji's employees are collecting huge amounts of unaccounted for cash used for contesting elections and/or for financing 'Swaraj India' party. It is also very strange that the same persons who sold these SMS cards on behalf on Ms. Kiran Bedi in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab etc., and who incidentally were also made to leave from AAM AADMI PARTY, began visiting Ralegan Siddhi from 1 June 2016 onwards soon after Ms. Damania's visit and are again misusing our INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION name to raise funds for Annaji, apparently with Annaji's blessings.
3) The issue of how Annaji can repeatedly dissimulate in public that he has not touched even 5 rupees of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION when there is at least Rupees TWENTY FIVE CRORE which Annaji and his close associates named above have to account for to the people of India and the Revenue.
4) The issue of how Annaji can repeatedly dissimulate in public that he is against political parties and politics when Annaji personally selected M/s NETCORE as service provider for the Anna-IAC SMS project knowing fully well that its owner Shri Rajesh Jain was hardcore BJP worker and close lieutenant of Shri Narendra Modi.
For your ready reference, we are listing a few news reports of April 2012 detailing the direct involvement of Annaji's employees in SMS Card project and that it was carried out from Ralegan Siddhi by persons impersonating as INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
a) NDTV: Indo-Asian News Service (Lucknow, April 06, 2012) "Team Anna launches SMS cards" quoting Vaibhav Maheshwari (described therein as an active member of Team Anna in Uttar Pradesh, but who is now UP State Spokesperson for Aam Aadmi Party) as follows "Team Anna has launched a pan-India SMS card to spread information about the campaign against corruption. One crore cards, priced at Rs.25, have been issued in the first phase and are doing brisk business in Uttar Pradesh .. Faced with fund crunch, IAC has decided to rake up the money from the supporters."
b) Indian Express (Pune), April 16 2012 "Anna SMS card launched for Rs 25", "To make up for the diminishing media coverage, India Against Corruption (IAC) has now launched an SMS card with an aim to disseminate information about the organisation's campaign.. The Anna SMS card costs Rs 25, and once purchased it would keep the holder abreast with all the activities of IAC for a year" quoting Datta Avari, Anna Hazare's associate.
c) Netcore.in (10 April 2012) – "Team Anna beats TRAI norms with netCORE's 90ml SMS cards" "Datta Awari, Hazare's associate in Ralegan Siddhi said, We have procured one crore cards each priced at Rs 20.The cards have been sent to Delhi and Chennai from where they will be distributed to other parts of the country"
d) DNA (Daily News and Analysis) 9 April 2012 – "Now, 'Anna SMS card' will tell you what Hazare's up to" "The cards have been sent to Delhi and Chennai from where they will be distributed to other parts. We are not going to make any profit out of selling or distributing these cards, Awari said. In Ralegan Siddhi, the distribution started on April 7, he added"
Accordingly, INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION calls upon you to kindly immediately explain the situation to Shri Anna Hazare, question Shri Datta Awari and Shri Sanjay Pathare on an urgent basis, and rectify matters to our satisfaction without delay.
Respectfully,
JAI HIND
SarbaJit Roy
National Convenor
cc:
Adv. Purobi Ghose Mohan at Mumbai/Maharashtra for India Against Corruption's internal records.
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