On their “day of victory”, leaders of Anna Hazare’s movement faced NEPotism charges over the inclusion of the father-son duo of lawyers Shanti and Prashant Bhushan in the joint drafting committee for the Lok Pal Bill. Many protesters refused to break their fast when Hazare broke his at 10.45am. They wanted to know why ex-cop Kiran Bedi wasn’t picked while both the Bhushans were in. “This is NEPotism. Why is there no...
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No NEPotism in Lokpal Bill panel: Hazare
Rejecting allegations of NEPotism in selecting the five civil society members on the joint drafting panel of the Lokpal Bill, social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said they needed experienced people and law experts to draft a stringent anti-corruption law. "The committee is not permanent, it has been formed only for two months and we should not think that he or she is there or not there. We need experienced people...
More »Baba Ramdev backtracks, says no problem with Bhushans
After raising the issue of NEPotism in the newly-appointed joint committee on Lokpal Bill, yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday backtracked saying that he had no problem with inclusion of father-son duo Shanti and Prashant Bhushan in the drafting panel. "The question of NEPotism was raised by the media and not me. When I was asked about it, I said that though we have played a role in the Jan Lokpal...
More »Despite Ramdev's objections, Hazare with us: Shanti Bhushan
In the backdrop of the controversy over the father-son duo being part of the Lokpal drafting committee, noted lawyer Shanti Bhushan said his son Prashant had raised the issue of their inclusion with Anna Hazare but the Gandhian overruled the objection. "Prashant had himself raised the issue with Anna Hazare as to why you are keeping both of us in that committee. You, instead of myself, include others and he (Prashant) had...
More »India Worst Affected As Food Prices Forcing 19m to Stay Poor: UN Study by Prabha Jagannathan
Climbing food prices across Asia, especially India, Bangladesh, NEPal and Laos, might slow down by at least five years the region’s efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a UN ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) report has cautioned. The report says India is among the mostaffected countries. According to the report, the rising food prices prevented more than 19...
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