Barely 500 people gathered for yesterday’s anti-corruption rally organised by activist Anna Hazare at the Kamgar Maidan, which has a capacity of 5,000. That’s a telling testimony, given the generous outpouring of support the Gandhian had witnessed in the initial phase of his Lokpal Bill movement. “We don’t call them; people arrive of their own accord. Whatever the strength of the crowd, it has gathered on its own,” said Bhavesh Patel, Mumbai president of Anna’s Bhrastachar Virodhi Jan Andolan.

Anna, excuse us! Around 500 people gathered for the anti-corruption rally organised by Gandhian Anna Hazare at the Kamgar Maidan, Parel, yesterday. PIC/Shadab Khan