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The Lokpal will be a three-member body with a chairperson who is or was a chief justice or Supreme Court judge, and two members who are or have been high courts judges or chief justices. Implementation of the Lokpal bill will hopefully reduce corruption in India. The basic idea of the Lokpal is borrowed from [...]
To Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s endorsement Monday of a ‘reasoned’ debate on the Lokpal Bill, an adamant Anna Hazare has now made it clear that no one less than the PM’s own representative will do for negotiations. Anna’s close aide Kiran Bedi posted on Twitter the Gandhian wants the government to come forward to talk [...]
MPs, Ministers face ‘aam aadmi’ protest
People also gathered outside the Talkatora residence of Mr. Mukherjee, who was member of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill along with Mr. Sibal, and shouted slogans against the government. Police was deployed outside their residences. Protesters also staged demonstrations outside Dikshit’s Motilal Nehru Road residence. They shouted slogans against the Chief Minister and [...]
August 22, 2011 | More
“Ketone particles have been traced from his blood and urine… He has lost five kg of weight, his health is all right otherwise,” Kejriwal told reporters at Ramlila Ground where Anna Hazare is sitting on fast. Ketones are particles created by the body during starvation, and are meant to provide an alternate source of fuel [...]
04:18 pm: Anna says negotiations only with PMO, Rahul or Maha CM Chavan 04:11 pm: Anna rules out Lokpal negotiations with non govt mediators 03:34 pm: Top NDA leaders meeting at LK Advani’s house to discuss Anna issue and strategy ahead of Parliament tomorrow 03:25 pm: Dismissing all speculation over negotiations, Team Anna member Kiran [...]
At last, the 27 Congress MLAs, 2 MPs and 4MLCs in Congress party who were branded as YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy followers have decided to resign to Congress party and to their posts on Monday morning. Pilli Subash Chandra Bose has told the media about their decision just a short while ago. He said they all [...]
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Sunday asked his partymen not to fall into the trap of YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is presently facing an investigation by the CBI for allegedly amassing illegal wealth. Talking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, the PCC chief said the letter written by widow [...]
Twenty-nine Andhra Pradesh legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy have decided to resign to protest the inclusion of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s name in the complaint registered by the CBI in a case against his son. Rallying behind Jaganmohan, who is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe [...]
Anna Hazare went into a huddle this morning with his key team members to discuss the future course of the agitation even as he looked fit on sixth day of his fast for a strong Lokpal. The meeting was attended by his close associates Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Shanti Bhushan and Manish Sisodia. Activist Medha [...]
In retaliation to the mention of late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy as a criminal conspirator in the FIR filed by CBI in Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy illegal assets’ case, the MLAs of the Congress and the Praja Rajyam owing allegiance to the Kadapa MP have decided to quit from the Assembly. The exact number of legislators [...]