The son of a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister has been questioned by police in connection with RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder. Two other BJP leaders have been sent notices to appear before the investigating team. BJP MLA from Bhopal Dhruv Narayan Singh, who is also the son of former late chief minister Govind Narayan Singh, has been questioned about his relationship with Masood. Of the two other BJP leaders,...
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Profound alienation from political parties by Swapan Dasgupta
During the Emergency, the citizens of India weren’t merely exposed to Indira Gandhi’s 20-point programme. They were subjected to the additional torture of being exposed to the five point-programme of ‘youth leader’ Sanjay Gandhi. One of Sanjay’s more memorable nuggets of wisdom was: “Work more, talk less.” I recall it being carefully painted on a billboard somewhere close to the “Leader is right, future is bright” hoarding in Delhi’s Connaught...
More »Why Anna says ‘half victory’: Govt gives in, but not much
-Express News Service Parliament’s resolution on Saturday has paved the way for Anna Hazare to end his 12-day long fast but the government has managed to get out of the crisis zone without offering much to Team Anna. Having rejected the government’s version of the Lokpal bill that was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 4 — and burnt its copies in public — the Anna Hazare camp had demanded nothing...
More »The search for a perfect Bill by Amitabh Sinha
Over the last few days, as a desperate government tried to tide over the Lokpal Bill crisis, it received over half-a-dozen variants of the draft legislation. On Saturday, both Houses of Parliament took up the subject and though the debate was mostly confined to the jan lokpal bill, it made the political point that while an effective law should be devised to tackle corruption, Parliament’s supremacy must be maintained. The...
More »Lok Sabha agrees to Anna's demands, passes Lokpal resolution
-The Times of India On a motion moved by Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha on Saturday passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill. After the passage of the resolution, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha till Monday. There was some confusion over whether the resolution was passed by a voice vote or not. Apparently, no voice vote took place. "Thumping of the desk is akin to passing a...
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