Posts Tagged ‘Lokpal Bill’
If no Lokpal Bill, ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ from Jan 1, warns Anna
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday warned the Centre to pass a strict anti-graft legislation before the Winter Session of Parliament concludes or face people’s ire for not fulfilling its commitment on the Lokpal issue, 2012, supporters of Jan Lokpal Bill will start jail bharo aandolan all over the country Addressing a press [...]
Govt confident of tabling Lokpal Bill in Winter Session
Acknowledging that consensus eluded the all-party meeting on Lokpal issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Thursday said government was confident that it would be able to table the proposed bill in the Winter Session itselfst I don’t think why it cannot be done On one day it can be discussed in one house and on the other day [...]
Extend Parliament’s Winter Session to pass Lokpal Bill says Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare on Thursday said the ongoing winter session of Parliament should be extended to pass Lokpal Bill and threatened to go on a hunger strike if it is not introduced soon His remarks came a day after a consensus eluded political parties on Lokpal Bill The activist said he has confidence in Parliament that it will pass the bill as [...]
Anna Hazare fast venue may be shifted to Mumbai
Anna Hazare may shift his proposed fast later this month on Lokpal Bill from Delhi to Mumbai to avoid harsh winter conditions that could prevail in the capital00 per cent "Our request to 'behen' Mamata is that you should also put a good word forward for Lokpal so that corruption is eradicated to some extent," he said Demanding that Citizens' [...]
Team Anna downgrading Parliament: Thackeray
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Thursday accused Team Anna of trying to downgrade Parliament by putting pressure on it to get the Lokpal bill passed and insisted that the institution ought to be respected "To what extent will you go to downgrade Parliament, elected by the people Are you not going to respect the integrity of this institution" [...]
Govt keen to see passage of Lokpal Bill in current session: PM
Stressing that the the lokpal bill would be passed in the winter session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the government was "committed" to implementing in "letter and spirit" a good and effective bill based on political consensus, he will start a new fast at a huge sit-in protest, possibly in Mumbai
Pressurise govt on Lokpal as you did on FDI issue, Anna Hazare urges Mamata
Anna Hazare on Wednesday found fault with government for bringing a separate Citizens' Charter bill saying it was against the assurance given by Parliament to him and urged Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to pressurise UPA on Lokpal issue as she did on FDI in retail00 per cent "Our request to 'behen' Mamata is that you should also put [...]
Lokpal Bill: CBI director meets Manmohan about its post-Lokpal future
The CBI director AP Singh, has met the Prime Minister, reportedly to convey his concerns about the investigating agency's future after Lokpal Bill The new bill creates a nine-member ombudsman agency that will investigate charges of corruption among government servants For these cases, it will use the CBI; but how much control the Lokpal should [...]
Team Anna supports CBI on Lokpal
Which has expressed unhappiness over various issues related to Lokpal, on Wednesday got support from Team Anna which said the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee were dangerous and should be rejected "We support CBI's protest and believe that the Standing Committee's report is dangerous and should be rejected," Team Anna [...]
BJP trying to use Anna as front, says Congress
The Congress Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP of trying to use Anna Hazare as a “front” and said constitutional process cannot be outsourced Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said there appeared to be a “Anna gameplan” of the BJP “There appears to be a Anna gameplan… desire to use him as a front It BJP has [...]
Lokpal issue: Manmohan meets Sonia, top Congress leaders
The government has worked out a peace formula on the Lokpal Bill that seems to have been accepted by most political parties The Prime Minister, sources say, spent last evening working the phone to strike political consensus This new version of the Lokpal Bill was pitched at a meeting in Parliament this afternoon attended by senior Congress [...]
Mayawati wants PM, CBI, lower bureaucracy in Lokpal ambit
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday pressed for the inclusion of the prime minister, CBI and Group C government employees MPs in the Lok Sabha and eight in the Rajya Sabha, said she wanted the Scheduled Castes to be given due representation in the Lokpal STs minorities and OBCs should be included at all places of decision [...]
Anna Hazare says struggle against corruption will go on; Core committee to meet tomorrow
Anna Hazare today said he will go ahead with his proposed fast here from December 27 if a strong Lokpal Bill is not enacted in the current session of Parliament The activist said he and his supporters were working to eradicate corruption from the country as well as building a strong rural India "Our struggle against corruption is on I will [...]
Congress launches attack on Anna, defends Rahul Gandhi
A day after Anna Hazare observed one-day fast pressing for a stronger Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar, Anna was cornered by the Congress Party on Monday Anna Hazare had attacked the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing the crowd at the Jantar Mantar Anna attacked Rahul by saying that "spending one day in a hut is not enough" to become [...]
Nothing wrong in sharing dais with Anna: Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar today saw nothing wrong with politicians sharing the dais with Anna Hazare and discussing the Lokpal issue and said it is "good" that all parties emphasised the supremacy of Parliament which cannot be overlookedst birthday His remarks came a day after several non-Congress parties including the BJP and the Left parties [...]
Soni accuses opposition of double standards
Accusing the opposition of “double standards”, Government on Monday asked why it was raising the Lokpal issue outside while Parliament is in session “In democracy there is a platform for discussion on every issue Parliament is the best forum for discussion” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters outside [...]
Lokpal Bill issue: Anna Hazare steps up pressure on Govt
Parliament has reconvened today and has nine working days left in this Winter Session, hangs Anna Hazare's threat that he will launch an indefinite hungerstrike and campaign against the Congress wherever an election is held if the Lokpal Bill is not passed That threat will shape much of the strategy of the UPA government, which is in action [...]
Lokpal Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha
The parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal Bill has submitted its report to Parliament6 dissenting notes accompany the report, three of them from Congress MPs who disagree with the decision to exclude 57 lakh junior bureaucrats from the jurisdiction of the new Lokpal3 of these, "there was 100% unanimity" Anna, 74, and his group of activists [...]
Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Team Anna
Disappointed over the draft report of the standing committee on Lokpal Bill, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has warned that going back on commitment given by Parliament would call for a mass movement again When asked for her comments on the draft report which sought to keep lower bureaucracy out of the ambit of the ombudsman, among others, Bedi [...]
Lokpal Bill to be introduced in winter session of Parliament
The Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, said today that the anti-corruption Lokpal bill will be introduced in the winter session of parliament Team Anna had warned that if the bill is not passed in this session, it will campaign against the Congress in states like Uttar Pradesh that vote soon That's not an empty threat Team Anna [...]
