As Anna Hazare’s fast entered its second day today, the first cracks in his coalition surfaced with criticism over provisions of the Jan Lokpal Bill and the method being used by activists to try and push it through. Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde (retd), part of the group that finalised the activists’ version of the Bill, acknowledged he had “objections” to certain clauses. “I would not like to say much else. While...
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MNREGS TV campaign had faulty planning
A campaign to spread awareness on the MNREGS through two television commercials failed to penetrate the rural masses because of faulty planning, an impact assessment study by the Union Ministry of Rural Development has found. The MNREGS awareness campaign was aired on cable and satellite channels in UP, Rajasthan, Bihar and the National Capital Region from January 23 to March 23, 2010. Seven months after the campaign, the ministry decided to conduct...
More »Hazare begins fast, govt stays firm by Sanjay K Jha
The Manmohan Singh government and the Congress leadership appear to have overcome initial jitters and hardened their stand on the campaign launched by social activists led by Anna Hazare who began a “fast-unto-death” at Delhi’s agitation hub Jantar Mantar this morning. The Congress suspects that the entire campaign has been hijacked by the RSS which, the party feels, is looking for ways to destabilise the government after some Sangh leaders were...
More »Probe sought against Balakrishnan by J Venkatesan
The campaign for Judicial Accountability and Judicial Reforms (CJAR) has requested President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek a Supreme Court reference for an inquiry into alleged misbehaviour by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, and former Chief Justice of India, under Section 5(1) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. In identical letters written to them, the CJAR referred to alleged benami properties in...
More »Hazare fast threat clouds mood change
The 73-year-old social activist Anna Hazare has decided to go on a “fast unto death” from tomorrow at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to fight corruption, fuelling concern in the Manmohan Singh government at a time the cricket team’s World Cup victory has lifted spirits. The government is worried because it feels that dissuading Hazare this time will be difficult as he had put off his fast on March 5 on the...
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