Crowds kept away from Team Anna's indefinite fast against the UPA government on corruption raising questions as to whether the movement has lost its steam on a day when Anna Hazare refused to endorse his aides' attack against President Pranab Mukherjee. Unlike in the past, crowds that had thronged the protest venue were missing this time and the count at its peak in the evening was somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000. The organizers issued appeals to "mothers, wives and daughters" to flock to the protest site at Jantar Mantar tomorrow. Hazare appeared not in sync with his close aides levelling allegations against Mukherjee, who was sworn in as the new President, when he congratulated him on assuming the highest Constitutional office.

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