Lokpal Issue
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Anna being misled on Lokpal issue: Kejriwal
National | Dec 15, 2013, 06:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: A day after Anna Hazare asked a Aam Aadmi Party member to leave his fast venue, party chief Arvind Kejriwal today said the Gandhian is being misled on the Lokpal issue as the
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PM misleading people on Lokpal issue, alleges Hazare
National | Sep 23, 2012, 04:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 20: Claiming that UPA can get a Lokpal Bill passed if it wanted, Anna Hazare today alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was misleading people by harping on lack of consensus among
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Congress Flays BJP Over Kushwaha Induction
India | Jan 06, 2012, 10:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 6: A day after BJP approached the President on Lokpal issue, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday took a dig at the opposition party over the admission of controversial former UP
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Govt Engineered High Drama In RS On Lokpal Issue : Team Anna
India | Dec 30, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTGhaziabad, Dec 30: Team Anna today sought to tear into Government on the Lokpal Bill alleging that it engineered the high drama in Rajya Sabha as it did not have the intention to set up
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Cong Reaches Out To Trinamool On Lokpal Issue
India | Dec 29, 2011, 08:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 29: Amid indications that Government may not be able to get the Lokpal Bill through in the Rajya Sabha, Congress today made a fervent appeal to UPA ally Trinamool Congress to give
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Extend Parliament Session To Pass Lokpal Bill, Says Anna
India | Dec 15, 2011, 12:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 15 : Gandhian Anna Hazare today 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
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Anna Hazare Says, Govt Acting Under Rahul Gandhi's Pressure On Lokpal Issue
India | Dec 02, 2011, 09:29 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Dec 2: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying he "suspected" that the government was working under his pressure on the Lokpal Bill issue. Addressing a press
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Hazare Puts Cong On Notice On Lokpal Issue
India | Oct 04, 2011, 02:16 PM ISTRalegan Siddhi, Oct 4 : Anna Hazare today put Congress on notice on the Lokpal issue, saying he will campaign against it in election-bound states if the Centre fails to get his version of the
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Full Text Of Pranab Mukherjee's Speech On Lokpal Issue
India | Aug 27, 2011, 06:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27: Following is the full text of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement on the Lokpal issue in Parliament today:Madam Speaker,I rise to make a statement on issues relating to Lokpal on which
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LS Moves To Take Up Lokpal Issue; BJP Disrupts
India | Aug 26, 2011, 06:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 26: Amid demands from Team Anna, a move to take up a discussion today in the Lok Sabha on the Lokpal issue turned contentious with BJP-led NDA opposing the debate under a
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80 Detained For Protesting Near PM's Residence On Lokpal Issue
India | Aug 21, 2011, 09:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 21: Scores of people were today detained when they were protesting near the Prime Minister's official residence here demanding that a strong Lokpal Bill be passed in Parliament.Around 80 people were taken
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Hegde Ready For Give And Take On Lokpal Issue
India | Aug 18, 2011, 05:30 PM ISTBangalore, Aug 18: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has denied allegations that Team Anna is adamant on the Jan Lokpal Bill draft, saying that if the Centre is ready to discuss the contentious issues
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Hazare Detention: PM Takes Stock Of Situation
India | Aug 16, 2011, 12:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 16 : Amid showdown between Anna Hazare and the government on the Lokpal issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took stock of the situation arising out of the detention of the activist.The
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I Am Ready To Die, Let Them Make Me A Target, Says Anna Hazare
India | Aug 10, 2011, 11:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 10: A bitter-looking Anna Hazare on Tuesday plainly said that he was ready to face the government squarely over the Lokpal issue.Asked by a reporter whether government was making him a target,
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Hazare Lashes Out At Govt On Lokpal Issue
India | Aug 10, 2011, 12:08 PM ISTMumbai, Aug 9: The agitation to demand a strong Lokpal is not aimed against any individual or party, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today said. “This agitation is not against any individual or party. The common
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Govt Charges BJP With Double-Speak On Lokpal Issue
India | Aug 04, 2011, 10:01 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4: Government today dubbed as “political opportunism and double speak” the BJP's objection to exclusion of the office of Prime Minister from the ambit of Lokpal, pointing out that the Lokayukta Act
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BJP, Left, JD(U) Taking Mileage Out Of Lokpal Issue, Says Pranab
India | Jul 01, 2011, 07:09 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 1: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today accused the BJP, CPI-M and JD(U) of trying to gain political mileage out of the Lokpal Bill issue by assessing the civil society's outburst as an attack
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Most Congress CMs To Toe Party Line On Lokpal Issue
India | Jun 15, 2011, 10:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 15: Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states have toed the Centre's line on the Lokpal bill opposing bringing the Prime Minister under its ambit while those from states where BJP is in power