Anti-graft crusader's lookalike and namesake Anna Pawar says he's just an ordinary man hoping to get Jan Lokpal Bill approved

Dressed in a crisp white kurta and dhoti and sporting the trademark Gandhi cap and glasses, Anna managed to grab many eyeballs when he stood in protest outside MP Suresh Kalmadi's house yesterday. But that did not perturb Anna. He was quite used to the undue attention he commanded wherever he went.


Double power: Anna Pawar with workers' leader Nana Kshirsagar and
other agitators outside city MP Suresh Kalmadi's house off Karve Road
yesterday. Pic/Vivek Sabnis

At 64, Anna Pawar is 10 years younger to Anna Hazare. But the features on his countenance no doubt have deceived many, only if for a fleeting moment. Police Constable Dilip Kate who was posted outside Kalmadi's residence on bandobast duty even approached Anna to persuade him to disperse the crowds. That's when he realised Pawar was just a lookalike.