Aamir Khan supports Anna Hazzare

The politicians hated him, but the public loved it. Anna move the team to picket the homes of cabinet ministers and parliamentarians was inspired from a suggestion given by none other than Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan.

A team member Anna said: `` It was a suggestion that we have Aamir individual parliamentarians to take a position. We just made a call. It is the people taking this forward voluntarily to raise the issue with its members across the country.''

Aamir was the first Bollywood personality to extend support for Anna Hazare in writing to him and sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him to pay attention to the appeal. Aamir, who had been openly supported by Anna, has kept a low profile, but learned that he is in permanent contact with the core team leader. The actor was unavailable for comment. However, in their responses to a questionnaire sent to him by India against Corruption (IAC), which is of the opinion that the PM should fall within the scope of the Lokpal.

Sources said Yogendra Yadav psephologist gave valuable Anna Advisory Team on the referendum even though it does not help in conducting the survey. The decision to conduct a referendum in Amethi (Rahul Gandhi's constituency) and Chandni Chowk (constituency Kapil Sibal) was the subject of controversy. The government had raised questions about the credibility of the referendum,''`` describing it rather as a survey.

Sibal had ironically said she was surprised that the result was 100% in favor of the bill Jan Lokpal when the referendum showed that 85% -90%.

The other idea which proved a great success was Anna CD that conveys your message hours after being courted arrest on 16 August. The CD referred to the struggle for freedom in second place and was the brainwave Mayank Gandhi, an advisor to the Mumbai-based IAC.