The anti-corruption campaigns that has brought politicians and businessmen under the scanner-especially their links with the builder community being exposed in recent scams-has got the real estate sector worried. A number of industry insiders and sleuths have confirmed that the flow of unaccounted money (or black money) in the system, a big source of funding for the sector facing funds crunch, will get disrupted. An unhealthy nexus between builders and politicians...
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Aruna Roy blames govt for Anna mess by Chetan Chauhan
Social activist and National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy has welcomed the government's move to build a “national consensus” through Parliament for a strong anti-corruption and grievance redress mechanism. But she blamed the government of mishandling Anna Hazare's campaign. “Setting up arbitrary conditions, such as limited number of days and protesters before letting Hazare to proceed, and subsequently arresting him when he refused to comply, were anti-democratic actions by the...
More »BJP roots for Jan Lokpal in U-turn by Radhika Ramaseshan
The BJP today rooted for Anna Hazare’s version of the Lokpal bill, two days after it distanced itself from the draft, the somersault coming in a letter the party’s president wrote to the fasting activist. “We have always been and are for a strong Lokpal,” Nitin Gadkari said in his letter. “For that to happen, (the) BJP accepts your jan lokpal bill to be the basis for a strong and effective...
More »Flaws in jan lokpal bill, can't get passed: Advani
-Indo-Asian News Service Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Friday said the jan lokpal bill has several inherent flaws due to which Parliament may find it difficult to pass it in the present format. "I know what are the flaws in the provisions of the jan lokpal bill due to which it will not get passed. And this, I tried to explain to them (Team Anna) yesterday,"...
More »Anna's proposals on Jan Lokpal to be discussed in Parliament
-The Hindu On a day of fast-paced developments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday reached out to the fasting anti-corruption crusader, Anna Hazare, with a new formula to break the log-jam on the contours of the proposed Lokpal institution: a debate in Parliament over his proposals with a promise to refer the sense of the House to the Standing Committee for its consideration. This was followed by an extraordinary gesture from...
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