new delhi team annas poll campaign has hit a hiccup even before it has begun the activists who were expected to start their campaign for a strong lokpal from haridwar in uttarakhand on saturday have still not received permission from the district authorities team anna member manish sisodia who has been coordinating the logistics said the authorities had not given them a clear picture and it was only late on thursday evening that they had suggested that the venue be moved from the rishikul college grounds to indoors we have been waiting for two days for the authorities to give their clearance but they have been making us run from pillar to post he said sisodia said the group had applied for permission from the haridwar returning officer on tuesday incidentally the group has received permission to hold rallies in haldwani on january 22 and in srinagar on january 23 they had planned another rally in dehradun for which the permission is still pending the authorities stand has put paid to their plans a team anna member said if we can hold rallies in two cities of the same state why not in the rest the authorities are citing security concerns and have asked us to shift the venue indoors but at this late stage it will be very difficult for us to make alternative arrangements the group plans to focus its campaign on a strong lokpal and pushing for greater consultation of important legislation with the public in uttar pradesh the group plans to focus on land acquisition issues team anna member arvind kejriwal said if we can change the discourse of elections from caste and religion to issues like lokpal and land acquisition we would have achieved our purpose the group could also field activist anna hazare at a later stage in up hazare is currently recovering from ill health at his village ralegaon siddhi the activists had come under fire after their anticongress stand in the hisar bypolls and have now changed tack to announce that they will not support or oppose any political party elections 2012 news