Tag: Anna Hazare
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Government’s draft useless, will continue fast: Anna Hazare
The indefinite hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare is set to continue further after he reportedly found the draft sent by the government to address to his demands “useless”. “We have received the draft from the government. But Annaji said it was useless as it has nothing new but old assurances. It is a …
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March 24, 2018 -
In pics: Hungry for Lokpal, Anna Hazare strikes again
March 23, 2018 -
SC seeks explanation from 12 states, UTs on appointment of Lokayukta
The Supreme Court on Friday asked 12 states and union territories to explain why they have not appointed a Lokayukta. The chief secretaries of the states and union territories have been directed by the apex court to file within two weeks about the status of appointment of Lokayuktas. A PIL was moved by Supreme Court …
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March 23, 2018 -
Anna Hazare hits Ramlila Maidan again, begins hunger strike in farmers’ support
Social activist Anna Hazare began his indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Friday, nearly seven years after his anti-corruption movement caught the imagination of millions of Indians and shook the then UPA government. The venue of his protest, Ram Lila Maidan, is the same where he had sat on a hunger strike in 2011 …
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March 23, 2018 -
PM Modi failed to fulfil promises to farmers, of Lokpal: Anna Hazare
Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has failed to fulfill promises made to farmers and on the Lokpal. Hazare said he will start a ‘satyagrah’ on March 23 in Delhi to highlight the problems faced by the farmers, the Jan Lokpal issue and the need for electoral reforms. …
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March 19, 2018 -
‘Only people can stop BJP wave’
Sanjay Singh has been a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party since its inception in November 2012. Singh is a member of the party’s highest decision-making body, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and is also a national spokesperson. He has been associated with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s apolitical campaigns from the Right to Information …
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March 17, 2018 -
Anna accuses Modi government of ignoring farmers
Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday accused the Modi government at the Centre of caring only about big industrialists and ignoring the plight of farmers and common people. Anna, who was addressing a rally here to mobilise people for his new phase of agitation starting at Delhi on 23 March for improving condition of farmers and demanding appointment of …
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March 7, 2018 -
Much to be tested
There is little need to be detained by Arvind Kejriwal’s fulminations in the wake of the adverse actions taken on the troublesome issue of parliamentary secretaries in his Delhi government. The Aam Aadmi Party is unable to camouflage its persecution complex and takes to invective whenever it fails in its attempts to re-write the rule …
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January 23, 2018 -
Modi has an ego of his prime ministership: Anna Hazare
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an “ego of his prime ministership”, claiming that that was the reason why the prime minister was not responding to his letters. Mr Hazare was speaking at a public rally in Atpadi tehsil in Maharashtra’s Sangli district on Saturday. “I have written more …
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January 22, 2018 -
PM Modi has ‘ego of his Prime Ministership’, says Anna Hazare
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an “ego of his Prime Ministership”, adding that it was the reason why Modi was not responding to his letters. Hazare was speaking at a public rally in Atpadi tehsil in Sangli district on Saturday. Hazare said, “I have written more than 30 …
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January 21, 2018 -
Nation can’t be served by forming a party: Anna Hazare
Social activist Anna Hazare said on 19 January that he is not in contact with Arvind Kejriwal anymore. Speaking to reporters on the day the EC recommended the disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, the former mentor of the Delhi Chief Minister said that their paths separated the day Kejriwal formed AAP. He …
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January 19, 2018 -
Anna Hazare to fast in Delhi if Lok Pal Act not implemented
Social activist Anna Hazare on Friday said he would go on an indefinite fast in New Delhi in March if the central government does not implement the Lok Pal Act to eliminate corruption across the country. “I will sit on an indefinite fast in New Delhi from March 23 if the Lok Pal Act is …
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January 6, 2018 -
Rs 80,000 cr has come to BJP coffers in last five months: Anna Hazare
Attacking the Narendra Modi government at the Center, prominent social activist Anna Hazare on Friday said the country has topped the list of corrupt countries in Asia in the last three years of the NDA rule and claimed that Rs 80,000 crore has come to the coffers of the BJP in the last five months …
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December 15, 2017 -
Hope no Kejriwal will emerge from my movement again: Anna Hazare
Social activist Anna Hazare has said he hoped that no Arvind Kejriwal emerged from his movement again. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Kejriwal had taken part in Hazare’s anti-corruption movement in 2011. Subsequently, he had parted ways with the social activist and launched his own political outfit. “I hope no Kejriwal …
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December 13, 2017 -
Anna Hazare to launch Jan Lokpal stir from March 23 next year
Social activist Anna Hazare will launch an agitation over Jan Lokpal and farmers’ issues in New Delhi on March 23 next year. Hazare, who has been the face of the Lokpal movement, said they have chosen March 23 to launch the agitation as it happens to be the ‘Shaheed Diwas’ (Martyr’s Day). “This will be a satyagrah for Jan …
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November 29, 2017 -
Anna Hazare plans new campaign, solicits people’s participation
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, veteran activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday announced plans for a new anti-graft campaign for which he sought public participation. In a statement, Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, said that after the first movement launched in 2011, the then United Progressive …
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November 21, 2017