The lone Indian activist on the 2011 TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Aruna Roy has been more successful than most, when it comes to getting the government’s attention. The Chennai-born former bureaucrat who was an instrumental force behind the revolutionary Right to Information Act has also been credited by the government for “incorporating strong citizen entitlements” in the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). A constant...
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Anna to rest, calls off poll campaign
-The Telegraph Anna Hazare will not campaign in the five election-bound states because of his poor health, aide Kiran Bedi said today. The Team Anna member said Hazare, 74, had been advised complete rest, and therefore he would not undertake the promised tour of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, which are going to the polls from January 28 to March 3. “Anna is not going to campaign in the states. We...
More »Team Anna reviews poll plan by Himanshi Dhawan
Wary of a political backlash after its campaign against Congress in last year's Hisar Lok Sabha by-poll and the lukewarm response to Anna Hazare's Mumbai stir, Team Anna is divided on whether to extend the anti-Congress movement to poll-bound states. Team Anna's concerns increased after BJP was severely criticized for accepting former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha into its fold and Congress asked whether the activists will turn their guns towards...
More »Amartya Sen opposes harsh anti-graft measures
-The Hindu Business Line Even as the blame game over the midnight bedlam in Parliament over the lokpal bill continues, Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen on Monday said the issue of corruption should be solved within the “structure of democracy” according to the “rule of law”. “Corruption is a huge issue in India, and it has been so for long. The importance of corruption elimination is a part of this movement,” Prof....
More »Corruption and Fairy Tale Elections
-EPW Graft is a major issue in people’s lives, but it is unlikely to figure in voter choice in the assembly elections. A mini-general election will be upon us in February as fivestates go to the polls. Given the high-pitched outpouringson the electronic media around the anti-corruption campaign and the live coverage of the proceedings in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the lokpal bill, we have been led to...
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