Posts Tagged ‘Lokpal Bill’
UP Elections 2012: Team Anna writes to all parties to clarify their stand on Lokpal Bill
To question the stand of political parties on the Lokpal Bill and to counter charge that their campaigning has anti-Congress focus,Team Anna on Sunday sent a series of letter starting from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam [...]
Team Anna meets to decide on future course sans Hazare
Team Anna's Core Committee met here today sans ailing Anna Hazare to decide on their future strategy on Lokpal campaign This is the first meeting of the Team after Hazare called off his agitation programmes for a strong Lokpal last month Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and other members attended the deliberations during which [...]
Anna Hazare discharged from Hospital, advised rest
A week after he was admitted for chest infection, Anna Hazare was today discharged from hospital and said he will take a month's break as he was feeling weak before applying his mind to the next phase of the anti- corruption movement, after he developed acute bronchitis, soon after the fast he undertook in Mumbai on December 27 in support of a [...]
Team Anna’s Shanti Bhushan fined Rs. 27 lakh for evading stamp duty
Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan was on Friday found to have evaded stamp duty to the tune of Rs 18 acres of land in the posh Civil Lines area0970s when he moved to New Delhi01, for alleged evasion of stamp duty to the tune of nearly Rs35 crore However, Mr Bhushan has been maintaining that there was no evasion of stamp duty on his [...]
Bombay HC dismisses petition against Anna Hazare
Refusing to grant any relief, the Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation filed by a Pune-based activist seeking investigations into the trust of Anna Hazare The PIL filed by Hemant Patil, president of Rashtriya Brashtachar Virodhi Janshakti, claimed that Hazare's Hind Swaraj Trust had not submitted audit reports from [...]
Anna Hazare not to campaign in upcoming Assembly elections
Anna Hazare will not campaign in the upcoming Assembly elections, including in Uttar Pradesh, as announced earlier owing to his poor health, his close aide Kiran Bedi said today and advise by doctors has forced him not to undertake the proposed campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur which are going to polls from January 28 [...]
BJP tells President to reconvene Parliament for Lokpal bill
BJP leaders on Thursday met President Pratibha Patil to complain about “subversion” of Parliament over Lokpal issue and sought her intervention to re-convene the House to enable voting in Rajya Sabha on the crucial bill BJP leaders led by LK Advani and party president Nitin Gadkari and leaders of opposition in both Houses Arun Jaitley and [...]
Anna Hazare’s condition stable: doctor
The health condition of Anna Hazare, who is suffering from bronchitis, is stable and improving, doctors attending him said on Wednesday He had been suffering from viral infection, since he undertook a fast on December 27, which was subsequently withdrawn the next day "Hazare spent a restful night and if the improvement continues on the expected [...]
Cong not to rest till strong Lokpal Bill is passed: Rahul
As the Lokpal Bill failed to get Parliament's nod, Rahul Gandhi today said Congress will not rest till a strong law is passed and slammed the BJP, saying those who used to talk about India Shining defeated the proposed legislation "Those who used to talk about India Shining defeated a strong Lokpal," Rahul told an election rally here He said he [...]
Team Anna blames Ansari for Lokpal fiasco
Team Anna today faulted Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for abruptly adjourning the Upper House sine die without a vote on the Lokpal Bill Former Law Minister and prominent Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan criticised the decision of Ansari to adjourn the Rajya Sabha sine die last night after conclusion of debate on Lokpal bill amid high [...]
Lokpal bill is still pending for aproval
The first Lokpal Bill was proposed by Shanti Bhushan in 1968 and passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969 but could not get through the Rajya Sabha971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008, yet they were never passed1, even after day-long debate, it has once again shown that it was so968969" on August 20, 19691, 1971 another Lokpal and [...]
Ten proposed amendments on Lokpal Bill
The consent of states will be necessary before setting up of Lokayuktas under an amendment adopted by the Lok Sabha to the Lokpal bill This was one of the ten official amendments moved by the government to the Lokpal Bill last night in the wake strong protests registered by Congress allies and opposition parties which felt that the states [...]
Anna Hazare breaks fast, calls off jail bharo agitation
In view of his deteriorating health condition, Anna Hazare on Wednesday called off his fast is being postponed indefinitely0 to 20 years,” he told the crowd, while referring to the debate taking place in Parliament on Lokpal Bill4, where they would campaign against the ruling Congress Clarifying why they would campaign only against the [...]
Lokpal Bill: TMC firm on changes in Lokayukta clause
Ahead of consideration of Lokpal Bill by the Rajya Sabha, Trinamool Congress on Wednesday appeared to be acting difficult, prompting the government to reach out to the key UPA constituent to ensure passage of the crucial legislation Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee held a meeting with Trinamool leaders Sudip Bandhopadhyay and Mukul Roy against [...]
Constitution Amendment Bill defeated; Lokpal Bill passed
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday night passed a historic Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011, but defeated a parallel Constitution 6th Amendment00 hours, the Lok Sabha passed by voice vote the Bill for creation of the Lokpal Fate in Rajya Sabha In the next step, the Bill will have to get the nod from the Rajya Sabha before it goes to the President for her [...]
True face of BJP was revealed, says Sonia
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the defeat of Constitution Amendment Bill on Lokpal, saying it exposed its “real face” Gandhi said the BJP had actually committed itself to supporting Constitutional status to Lokpal in the Standing Committee deliberations “But yesterday, we saw their real [...]
President approves tabling of Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha
President Pratibha Patil today gave her approval for tabling of the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha1 before its passage [subscribe2]
Lokpal Headed For Joint Parliament Session says Bedi
With numbers stacked against government in Rajya Sabha for passage of Lokpal Bill, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today said the legislation appeared headed for a joint session of Parliament as the Upper House may pass a version different from the one passed in Lok Sabha9619781 was passed by a voice vote late last night after government moved ten [...]
Congress reaches out to BJP on Lokpal
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee spoke to the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Tuesday as both tried to figure out which of BJP’s amendments could be accommodated by the government and the House can function smoothly when ever the Lokpal Bill is tabled After the fiasco in Lok Sabha last night, which saw the motion for [...]
Rajya Shabha adjourned till Thursday
Amidst confusion about the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper House has been adjourned till Thursday, after the Government on Wednesday afternoon said the legislation will be debated on Thursday The Lokpal Bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday but the discussion and voting on the proposed legislation was [...]
