Tag: Lokpal Bill
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Will return Padma Bhushan if Modi govt doesn’t fulfill promises: Anna Hazare
The 81-year-old was awarded the third-highest civilian honour of the country in 1992.
February 4, 2019 -
Anna Hazare begins hunger strike demanding formation of Lokpal, Lokayuktas
Attacking the Modi government Hazare on Tuesday said the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill 2013 were passed five years ago but the Centre was delaying it again and again.
January 30, 2019 -
Hazare slams Modi on corruption, threatens agitation
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promise of creating a corruption-free India and threatened to begin an agitation if Modi “did nothing” to enforce the Lokpal Bill. Hazare, who sat on a one day satyagraha at Rajghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 148th birth …
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October 2, 2017 -
Hazare slams Modi, to go on ‘satyagraha’
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Monday accused Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promise of creating a corruption-free India, and said the Prime Minister “did nothing” to enforce the Lokpal Bill. He said he would launch another agitation on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 148th birth anniversary from Rajghat, where Hazare paid tribute to …
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October 2, 2017 -
Lokpal bill is a workable piece of legislation: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the Lokpal bill is a workable piece of legislation and it is not justifiable to keep its operation pending. Rejecting the government's reasons to delay the appointment, the top court bench said that it did not agree with the Centre that the absence of a leader of opposition …
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April 27, 2017 -
Congress member questions non-appointment of Lokpal
Congress member KC Venugopal on Wednesday slammed the central government over non-appointment of the Lokpal, and questioned the government's intent of fighting corruption. The appointment of the Lokpal has been pending as there is no Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the bill has to be amended for making a different provision. The government, …
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March 29, 2017 -
Rajnath chairs GoM meet on Lokpal Bill
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss issues related to Lokpal Bill. The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh among others. Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and Department …
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December 21, 2016 -
Elusive Lokpal
It is almost half a century since Indira Gandhi introduced the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha for the first time in May 1968, but the appointment of the Lokpal, the government’s mantra to fight corruption in high places, remains elusive. The Supreme Court was constrained to send a recent message to the Narendra Modi …
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December 4, 2016