Anna Hazare’s ‘invisible’ hand at work: IAC

The Anna factor was missing in this election.

Some political pundits attribute it to the ill health of the social crusader while others say it's because of the agitation fiasco at MMRDA grounds in December.

Senior journalist and political analyst Pratap Asbe said Anna has lost his credibility in the last few months. "Team Anna has lost its credibility completely," he said. "The credibility started declining soon after the movement started talking politics and they came out openly against some party."

Uday Nirgudkar, a political analyst, said though Anna is not visible in the ongoing elections, the issues raised by him still relevant. "The elections are being fought on the issue of corruption.

Corruption in both administrative and political leadership was at the front stage in the civic elections," he said.

India Against Corruption (IAC) claimed that Team Anna will be back in March. "There will be gigantic impact of the Anna campaign this election. We have been holding meetings in Thane and Mumbai for the last few weeks to create awareness among the voters. We got a good response," said Ravi Srivastava, co-ordinator of IAC.