-The Times of India Team Anna on Tuesday attacked political parties on the issue of corruption. It said that it is campaigning against Congress because it is in power and in a position to bring a strong Jan Lokpal, which will curb corruption across the country. Addressing a public meeting, team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal, said, "Uttar Pradesh has been facing the brunt of corruption for last several decades. The face of...
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Why did they attack Team Anna man Prashant Bhushan? In the twisted mind of Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, it was some sort of glorious act. “God give us the power to complete our mission,” he tweeted before it. The mission: a coward’s attack on eminent lawyer and human rights activist Prashant Bhushan by Bagga and two of his friends, Inder Verma and Vishnu Gupta. On October 13, the three men...
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-The Hindu It speaks to the deeply divisive times we live in that Team Anna activist and Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan was savagely assaulted in his own chamber — and in the full glare of television cameras — for the “crime” of saying something that his attackers disapproved of. In the past, intolerant groups who seem to have no problem breaking the law with impunity, have targeted writers, artists, journalists,...
More »Digvijay releases RSS letter to Hazare to back claim
-Live Mint Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Wednesday released a letter written by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to social activist Anna Hazare, to buttress his earlier claim that Hazare’s anti-corruption movement was backed by the RSS. “In your efforts against corruption, you have the full support of RSS,” stated the letter dated 8 April, written by RSS general secretary Suresh Joshi. “We think that the ongoing efforts and movements against...
More »Digvijay shoots off another letter to Hazare, raises RSS issue
-PTI Shooting off another letter to Anna Hazare on the eve of Hisar bypoll, Digvijay Singh, who is leading Congress' counter-attack, on Wednesday raised the issue of RSS support to the activist and cautioned him that those around him were keeping him in dark. Singh, who had yesterday questioned Anna Hazare on why he was not attacking the BJP, enclosed a letter from RSS general secretary Suresh (Bhayya) Joshi to him, extending...
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