Politicians are fooling public

Politicians of whichever party and whatever house are fooling the general public on the lokpal matter. When the lokpal was to present in parliament then Congress  played the hurdle, now when BJP’s support is needed in Rajaya Shaba then it is also showing its true colors. These parties have one thing in common due to which
they don’t want lokpal alive in system, i.e. CORRUPTION.

Why they are fooling public

• Because if lokpal will come then the politicians who easily and freely indulge in corruption will suffer harshly. Corrupt Politicians will be easy to detain and terminate. So politicians of all parties are showing resistance towards lokpal directly (in front of media) and indirectly (hidden from media and people)
• In presence of lokpal politicians will not be able to become rich(by looting people’s money).
•   Political indiscipline will not be tolerated, and our politicians are addicted to such indiscipline. e.g. watching pornographical  films in assemblies
• ‘Action on the Spot’ will be the policy of Lokpal, hence politicians will not be able to bribe and settle down the matter

How they are fooling us

• By turning the attention from lokpal to ‘Blame and Defame politics’
• Government brought an extremely weak lokpal bill, which cannot even investigate political and business class, and now it expects to satisfy people by bringing that lokpal
  
  
• By not giving lokpal bill enough time in parliament, e.g. lokpal was  intentionally discussed on last day of monsoon season, due to which it got chocked in Rajaya Sabha
• By giving false support to lokpal. E.g. BJP gave support to lokpal until it was presented in parliament and now it is turning its back to lokpal by digging about Lokayukta matter.

• All the MPs weather of BJP or congress or of any other party are showing different stands before media but actually oppose lokpal and are planning to prevent its implementation somehow 

What can be done?

• People should differentiate between the real truth and made up controversies by politicians. Politicians are coming with different fake materials before media to slow down the lokpal bill quest
• Most of the politicians laugh or yell at the lokpal or at those who are demanding lokpal, so people should reject such politicians from their vote list

• Both BJP and congress are playing with Lokpal for their own benefits , so a new party and new candidates should be voted, such party that will seriously and honestly discuss lokpal in Parliment

REPORT BY: AWARE ME

Differences remain on Lokpal Bill; no consensus on creation of Lokayuktas

In All party meeting on March 23 the difference on the Lokayukta matter remained stagnant. Opposition is saying that a forced Lokayukta on sates would destroy federal structure and right of state governments.Parties like  BJP,  CPM  and Trinamool  are saying that Lokayukta bill prepared by states will go in vein if  center's  Lokayukta bill is imposed on them. .{ Lokayukta in simple words is state-level Lokpal/corruption watchdog}

So Lokpal Bill is likely to be amended to remove the portion on creation of Lokayuktas in states. All-party meeting saw the entire Opposition and a section of UPA - Trinamool Congress, DMK, NCP and the National Conference - opposing the Lokayukta provision in the bill.  The meeting was attended by leaders of 20 parties, all of whom are members of the Rajya Sabha, besides the prime minister and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee

With the first half of the budget session of Parliament drawing to a close on March 30, there will be very little time to take up a discussion on the bill in the Upper House, especially as there are still major differences on contentious clauses. It is expected that a resumption of the debate will, therefore, be taken up only during the post-recess period. 
Editor's View: All the parties are now showing their true colors, weather BJP or congress. Both opposition and majority are putting hurdles on the implementation of the bill. Opposition like bjp demanded and supported a center Lokpal but when it came to sate level lokpal(i.e lokayukta) then they are showing bad faces, bjp is doing this because is more prominent in states and hence its corrupt deeds may come before people after passage of a state level lokpal.
All the politician class is same, when they have to pass a increase in their salary then there is a consensus but when they have to pass an anti-corruption bill then there is two sided and foggy attitude.SHAME ON US that we elected such non-sense 

Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/differences-remain-on-lokpal-bill-no-consensus-on-creation-of-lokayuktas/articleshow/12387697.cms

Team Anna wants Congress to reveal poll campaign expenses

Arvind Kejriwal asked the former to reveal details of Rahul Gandhi's poll campaign expenses.

           _Kejriwal tweeted: "Election is over, and Diggi Raja should now give details of the expenses by Rahul Gandhi on         helicopters and campaigning in the UP elections."

(In reply)-_Digvijay Singh said: "If they (Team Anna) can spend 36 lakhs in their days long campaign then he can well imagine how much we must have spent in our month-long rallies." 
Singh further said expense reports would be submitted to the Election Commission and not to Kejriwal as he was against the Congress Party.  Anna Hazare said: "So, what wrong has Arvind Kejriwal said? Transparency should be there." 

Editor's view: Well of course there should be declaration of expanses by any political party (weather congress or bjp) before public as over expanses by political parties are not permitted by our election's 'code of conduct'  Moreover Team Anna is not a political party and hence its free to spend 36 lakhs, and big thing is , at least T.Anna declared what they expanded. T. Anna has, whenever asked declared his account status, what about politicians!
Source:http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/03/05/272871-Kejriwal-tells-mentor-Digvijay-to-reveal-Rahul-Gandhi-s-poll-campaign-expenses.html

Supreme Court justified Lokpal's concept during 2G case

In its verdict 2G case Supreme Court has set a limit of three months for deciding on sanction for prosecution of corrupt public servants. Court said  there should be a set time frame, and added that all matters of sanction should be decided within three months. 
The SC also slammed the Prime Minister’s Office but gave Manmohan Singh a clean chit for the delay in deciding on the prosecution of then telecom minister A Raja in the 2G spectrum case. 

Commenting on verdict Kiran Bedi (member of Team Anna) said that this verdict justifies one of the concept of their Janlokpal regarding time limit.
“Supreme Court has exactly said what we have asking and fighting for, what people have been asking, everything to be time bound.  (1.)But in Jan Lokpal Bill, there was supposed to be no sanction for prosecution.
(2.)If there is evidence, the CBI starts its investigation and nobody interferes in its investigation. This is what the Jan Lokpal Bill was.
(3.) Secondly in Jan Lokpal Bill, it was time bound trial and through number of special courts as needed, so within the maximum period of less than two years, a case is decided,” Bedi told media in Jaipur.

Prashant Bhushan said the verdict would give a boost to the struggle against corruption.

“They have firstly again highlighted how big a menace corruption is in society and we need to tackle it on a war footage. Secondly, even when a private complainant makes a complaint and seeks sanction of the government against a public servant, the government must read the complaint on the same footing as a chargesheet filed by the CBI seeking sanction and must deal with it within the time frame prescribed in Vineet Narayan’s judgement which is within four months,” he added.

Editor's View: Its true that every case related to corruption should be investigated and then decided within appropriate time limit. And Janlokpal Bill contains strong demands of Time Bound independent investigative measures.

Source:http://truthdive.com/2012/02/01/Supreme-Court-vindicated-one-of-our-key-demands-Kiran-Bedi.html
http://www.morungexpress.com/editorial/76096.html

All-party meet on lokpal (December 14)

(Updated Coverage)

The all-party meeting convened by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the lokpal bill to attempt a consensus on the issue began on Wednesday(December 14).Leaders from different political parties met for almost three hours at the Prime Minister's residence.

• Opposition parties said The government has not given any assurance about bringing the bill in this session . However PM has assured that
  "  Government is keen that this lokpal should be passed  as far as possible on the basis of consensus among all parties that is driven by Parliament as the custodian of legislation."
   
• A majority of the parties agreed that the Prime Minister should be included, with safeguards, within the ambit of the Lokpal 
• Most parties also wanted the lower bureaucracy included;
  only the the Communist Party of India (CPI) held out on that.
  
• There was no  consensus on how much control the Lokpal should have over the CBI 
•  Most parties agreed that the Lokpal should have its own investigation wing, they were not in agreement on whether that should mean bringing the CBI under the Lokpal.
  The Left said the CBI must be "depoliticised' or should be away from the control of politicians or independent

The CBI's director, AP Singh, met with the Prime Minister earlier today(Wednesday,December 14) He reportedly said that

• The agency is willing to accept the Lokpal as its new boss, but the ombudsman must then be the only body with supervisory powers over the CBI. The CBI also wants all administrative, financial and legal powers to be vested in the agency's chief.
• What the CBI does not want is a bifurcation or branched division of the agency, which has been suggested by some parties, who believe that sections of it can be placed under the Lokpal, while others remain autonomous.
  

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Team Anna in reply said that it supports the CBI stand on need for autonomy in investigative powers, but has asked for the director to be appointed independentlyMain Opposition party, the BJP, aslo has the same opinion.They both want that director of the CBI and other senior officers to be appointed by an independent panel, not the government. And it wants total investigative freedom for the agency.

A parliamentary committee that studied the Lokpal Bill and submitted its report last week suggested that the Lokpal must conduct a preliminary inquiry into an allegation of corruption and then assign it to the CBI.  The committee also wants the Lokpal to sign off on the CBI's closure reports that signal the findings of its investigation. The CBI disagrees with both, arguing that these processes will weaken its ability to conduct efficient investigations.  For example, a preliminary inquiry, it says,  may alert the official under suspicion to likely action by the CBI, giving him or her enough notice to destroy or conceal evidence.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/All-party-meet-on-lokpal-begins-CBI-remains-a-sticky-issue/Article1-782406.aspx

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_want-lokpal-to-be-passed-on-basis-of-all-party-consensus-pm_1625850
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/govt-keen-to-pass-lokpal-bill-in-current-session-says-pm-at-all-party-meet-157956http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/All-party-meet-on-lokpal-begins-CBI-remains-a-sticky-issue/Article1-782406.aspxhttp://ibnlive.in.com/news/lokpal-allparty-meet-over-deadlock-remains/211956-37-64.htmlhttp://www.ndtv.com/article/india/lokpal-all-party-meet-ends-no-consensus-on-inclusion-of-cbi-157991

Lokpal Bill likely to be taken up in Lok Sabha on Dec 19: Sources

  The government is prearing to begin a debate in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill on the 19th december. 

Anna , who is 74, has threatened to start  a hunger strike on December 27 if the government does not deliver a potent new law against graft this month.     
A parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal Bill has finalized its draft amidst dissent from members, including three Congress MPs. The report, which is not binding on the government, is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Friday. Rejecting the parliamentary panel's draft, Anna said the government is not serious about fighting corruption.( click here to see why team anna is upset by  standing committee's draft)

As per Sources  the government is heading towards accepting some of the key points that Anna has deemed essential for fighting corruption. The Prime Minister may be covered by the Lokpal Bill, though with safeguards; government sources say the Prime Minister may himself offer in Parliament that his office should be included in the Lokpal Bill. The government may also agree that 57 lakh junior bureaucrats will be accountable to the nine-member Lokpal. For now, what remains unresolved is the matter of who the CBI will report to - the government is not keen to change the investigating agency's current reporting structure. If that doesn't happen, Team Anna says, the CBI will remain vulnerable to political pressure. "I think the recommendations of the (Parliamentary) Standing Committee, whatever they are, the Lokpal which is coming, I don't think this will have any impact on corruption. On the contrary, it is likely to dismantle whatever exists in the name of anti-corruption in this country," said Arvind Kejriwal

•  Junior bureaucrats 
  One of Anna's non-negotiable demands is that the Lokpal Bill include junior bureaucrats - a feature the committee has not sanctioned.  Meenakshi Natrajan, Deepa Das Munsi and PT Thomas, all Congress members of the committee - formally registered their protest against Group C central government employees - who add upto 57 lakhs  -  not being brought under the Lokpal's ambit. The standing committee suggests the nine members of the Lokpal cannot manage this huge group. Instead, it recommends Group C employees should be investigated by the other autonomous anti-corruption body, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

• PM inclusion
  On the matter of whether the Lokpal should have the right to investigate the Prime Minister, the committee says it leaves the decision to Parliament because of differing opinions among its members.  

• CBI
  The standing committee recommends that the CBI seek the approval of the Lokpal both for chargesheets and for its closure or final reports on investigations. The CBI has taken strong exception to this on the grounds that it contradicts the objective of making the CBI autonomous. A statement from the agency said, "This provision goes against the stated objectives of making investigation agency autonomous, not answerable or liable to be monitored by either the administrative ministry or the Lokpal and protect the integrity of investigation."

Hosted From: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/lokpal-bill-likely-to-be-taken-up-in-lok-sabha-on-dec-19-sources-156156

Anna and team ready for another agitation

 A third confrontation between Team Anna and the government in eight months seems to be brewing with the activist group hitting the road to drum up protests against the draft report of the parliamentary standing committee on Lokpal bill that ignores some of its key demands. 

Anna Hazare on Tuesday said the government had betrayed the people once again and his day-long fast at Jantar Mantar on December 11 against the report, which is expected to be the basis of the government's bill, can be a precursor to a more prolonged protest at Ramlila Maidan. 

Team Anna is upset with lokpal draft by standing committee due to following reasons

• They are unhappy because Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the lower bureaucracy was kept out of lokpal's ambit. "The draft, as I am being told, provides for the CBI to be kept under government control. If the CBI is under government control, then the Lokpal will remain an empty tin box," Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal told reporters 
• For not including the lower bureaucracy in the ambit of the Lokpal. 
  Khegrival said that most corruption around common man is done by lower bureaucracy so how such corruption can be dealt without bringing lower bureaucracy under lokpal.
   Arvind Kejriwal also said the draft violated the "sense of the House" resolution adopted by Parliament and the assurance given to Hazare when he ended his fast on August 28. "When Anna ended his fast, Parliament agreed to a resolution that stated clearly on lower bureaucracy and citizens' charter. We just hope that resolution is respected," Kejriwal said. 
• Khegrival  insisted that if small NGOs are brought under lokpal then  all government funded NGOs should also be brought under the Lokpal as massive corruption was prevalent in NGOs. 
• Team Anna also did not agree to the draft report's recommendation on citizens' charter, which has been one of the main demands of Team Anna's Lokpal movement.  "Having only five members in the state capital to look into the complaints of an entire state instead of officials at each block level, as demanded by us, will lead to the system collapsing in four days,"Khegrival said. 

Addressing a news conference at Ralegan Siddhi, Hazare said the government has cheated the people by making a weak draft. "I will wait till December 22 to see if the government makes amends. Else, I will start an indefinite agitation from December 27 till we get an effective Lokpal. I will also tour the five states which are going to polls and educate the people there," he said.Hazare urged people to express their support to him by fasting for a day on December 11 and taking to the streets. "However, the agitation must be peaceful. There should be no violence," he said.
Hazare alleged that the government was trying to break the Lokpal bill into four or five components. "I will even accept that, provided the government appoints joint committees of experts and government representatives to prepare strong drafts of each bill. We will even accept exclusion of the judiciary from the ambit of Lokpal if the government bill is strong and effective," the Anna said
Hazare said that only those NGOs which take funds from the government should be brought under Lokpal. "I would not mind even if the media is brought in the ambit of Lokpal. If you are pointing fingers at others, why are you keeping yourselves out?" he said. . 

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Anna-and-team-readying-for-another-face-off-with-govt/articleshow/10926196.cms
:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Team-Anna-unhappy-over-final-Lokpal-bill-draft/articleshow/10916738.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/draft-report-on-lokpal-a-betrayal-says-anna-hazare/articleshow/10920485.cms

http://janlokpalbillcenter.blogspot.com/2011/11/upset-on-draft-by-standing.html

Full text: PM's letter to Anna Hazare

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wrote a letter to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, reiterating the commitment of the government to an effective Lokpal Bill.

Here is the full text of the letter:

Dear Mr Anna Hazare 

Thank you for your letter dated September 21, 2011. I am glad you made me aware of your thoughts on several important issues.

As you know, we are committed to an effective Lokpal law and we hope to succeed in it in near future. Our government is also working on a comprehensive agenda to eradicate corruption and improve the governance. Several legal, executive and technical aspects would be included in it. The establishment of Lokpal is a part of this comprehensive agenda itself.

Our government is also considering several recommendations concerning electoral reforms. Among the recommendations that are being considered, you have talked about the Right to Recall. In a democratic society, getting political consensus on some issues is a must. We want to discuss several recommendations concerning electoral reforms with other political parties and act on the ones that are broadly agreed upon.

I completely agree with you on the issue of empowering the Gram Sabha. We are committed to implement the 73rd and 74th amendment of the constitution. We are constantly striving to work along with state governments to fulfill the dream of empowering the Gram Sabhas in the real sense.

I thank you again for your suggestions.

With good wishes, 

Yours,

Manmohan Singh

Source
http://www.scribd.com/doc/68347932/PM-to-Annaji (real letter)

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/full-text-pms-letter-to-anna-hazare/192145-53.html 

http://twitter.com/#!/janlokpal

Lokpal Bill not at gunpoint, says government

A day after the government got an ultimatum from Anna Hazare - pass the Lokpal Bill in Parliament or face an anti-Congress campaign by activists in poll bound states - the government retaliated saying that parliamentary processes are not carried out by "putting a pistol on someone's neck."
 Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal, responded to the latest stand of Anna, saying that "You cannot get something done by putting a pistol on someone's neck," 


The parliamentary affairs minister said efforts are on to take up the bill in the winter session of Parliament. "It will be a sincere endeavour to see that the Bill is taken up during the next winter session. But it depends upon the work the committee is able to do. The committee has members from all the parties and they are getting inputs from different people who want to come before it," Bansal said.  
He said that there should not be any problem in taking up the Bill in the next session if the committee is able to give its report in due time. 


Law Minister Salman Khurshid, too, said that "Our intention and endeavor is to try and bring it in the winter session... Bring a very effective and very powerful Lokpal with Constitutional status." He, too, refused to set a timeline for the passage of the bill. "I cannot fix the time line because it has to be fixed by the parliamentary affairs minister and the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee looking into it."  


 On his part, Anna rejected the charge that he was indulging in brinkmanship with his ultimatums to the government. "If I had not served ultimatums, we would not have seen seven different legislations in Maharashtra and also the sacking of six cor-rupt state ministers," he said. Anna also defended his call to vote against Congress in the Hisar by-polls.  


Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/lokpal-bill-not-at-gunpoint-says-government/articleshow/10249933.cms

Team Anna launches referendum on Jan Lokpal Bill ( Oct 2, 2011)

Team Anna Hazare on Sunday(Oct 2, 2011) kickstarted a nationwide referendum on Jan Lokpal Bill in 12 Lok Sabha constituencies, including those of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, to drum up support for their version of the bill. The beginning of the nationwide referendum coincided with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and is being carried out in 12 constituencies -- nine from UP, two from Bihar and one from Orissa. 


Besides Sonia's Rae Bareli and Rahul's Amethi in UP, the activists were also conducting referendum in Mainpuri (Mulayam Singh Yadav), Varanasi (Murli Manohar Joshi), Ghaziabad (Rajnath Singh), Kaushambi (Shailendra Kumar) and Hamirpur (V B Singh). In UP, the referendum is being carried out in Lucknow and Ambedkar Nagar constituencies also. 


In Bihar, Lalu Prasad's Saran and Kirti Azad's Darbanga constituencies face Team Anna's referendum while in Orissa it is Puri constituency from where Pinaki Mishra is the MP. 
Out of the 12, five MPs -- Prasad, Azad, Mishra, Kumar and Singh -- are members of the Standing Committee looking into the Lokpal Bill.


Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Team-Anna-launches-referendum-on-Jan-Lokpal-Bill/articleshow/10210759.cms

Anna's address in virtual world

Anna Hazare had launched his blog— http://annahazaresays.wordpress.com/—on Thursday.His Facebook address is  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002962161677 and that of twitter is  http://twitter.com/#!/annahazaresays He will join the bracket of star bloggers such as Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan. On the portal, Anna stated that people from all over the world were eager to know his thoughts on many issues.


The Marathi,Hindi  and English versions of the blog will be soon available and will be followed later by other Indian languages. Noted commentators Vijay Kuvalekar and Raju Parulekar will help Hazare expressing his thoughts on the blog. 


Source:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-29/mumbai/30217576_1_anna-hazare-anti-corruption-fight-corruption
https://annahazaresays.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/join-me-now-on-google-twitter-and-facebook-2/

Some points need to be modified about lokpal

• Section 23(1) proposes a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for corrupt public servants, while according to Chapter VI titled “Accountability of Officers of Lokpal” the punishment for a Lokpal member found guilty of corruption is just “dismissal, removal or reduction in rank.”

• This Bill also contains some provisions that could make the Lokpal a heavy-handed parallel oligarchy. For instance, Sec 7 grants to “investigating officers” and members of Lokpal the combined powers of a police officer, director of enforcement and a civil court.
• Sec 4(4), which lists out persons not eligible to become chairperson or member of the Lokpal, needs to be modified to exclude any person who is, or has been, a member, sympathiser, associate or supporter of any communal organisation or person. 

• The total estimated revenue of India for 2011-12 as projected in the last budget is Rs7,89,892 crore and 0.25 % of this is nearly 2000 crores, which the Lokpal will have access to without “any administrative or financial sanction from any government agency.” The drafters have to explain why such a huge amount of money is required for an institution, which according to Team Anna is not going to be flooded with thousands of complaints.

Team Anna 'referendum' on Jan Lokpal in Sonia's constituency

 Stepping up pressure on lawmakers, Team Anna would conduct surveys to assess public perception on Jan Lokpal Bill in Amethi and Rae Bareli, pocketborough of Nehru-Gandhi family, and other prominent parliamentary constituencies of UP and Uttarakhand ahead of winter session of Parliament.

"The time till Parliament's winter session (November) is important as the Standing Committee considering the Lokpal bill will hear views of various groups on this issue," Anna Hazare's associate and civil society activist Manish Sisodiya said here.

The first question in the "referendum" will be whether the MPs should support the Jan Lokpal bill proposed by Anna Hazare or not and the second question will be on whether people should vote for those MPs who have opposed the Bill, Sisodiya said.


Copied From:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-09-25/news/30200880_1_team-anna-lokpal-bill-anna-hazare

Not joining politics :Anna (short news)

 Anna called Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani's proposed yatra a "gimmick". Anna Hazare said on Tuesday that he was willing to back a clean political party formed by "good" and "likeminded" people of different political parties. Anna, who spoke to television channels at Ralegan Sidhi, insisted he would not join politics though he would definitely campaign against those who oppose the Jan Lokpal Bill.  

Anna called Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani's proposed yatra a "gimmick". 
He said to BJP that to get backing, first appoint Lokayuktas
Asked if he would join any political yatra, including Advani's, Anna shot back: "Absolutely not. If BJP says that they support Anna then they should bring Lokayukta bill in their states. First bring Lokayukta and then (ask for) support." He added that he and his team would support BJP only if it backs "Jan Lokpal" in its entirety in Parliament. 


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Willing-to-back-clean-new-party-Anna/articleshow/9975701.cms

Team Hazare to hold brainstorming session on Jan Lokpal bill

Anna Hazare and his team will start a two-day brainstorming session here Saturday over the future course of action for the Jan Lokpal bill and other issues, an aide of the social activist said Friday. 
"The core committee meeting will start in two sessions tomorrow (Saturday) morning and there will be a public meeting in the evening. Two more sessions shall be held Sunday and the outcome will be informed to the media,” Suresh  Pathare said.
Around 45 people from India Against Corruption and other groups started arriving in the village Friday for the deliberations.While Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan have already reached the village, Kiran Bedi was expected Friday night.

Anna Hazare is also planning to widen the scope of the anti-corruption movement by demanding electoral reforms, the right to recall elected representatives and related issues.

Earlier Friday, Hazare addressed a group of his followers where he challenged Congress spokesman Manish Tewari to prove his allegations of corruption.

"If he can prove that I have taken even Rs100, I am ready to work in his home, fill water for the rest of my life,” declared Hazare, who slapped a legal defamation notice on Tewari Thursday.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_team-hazare-to-hold-brainstorming-session-on-jan-lokpal-bill_1585418

Lokpal bill may have new face: Pranab (INTERVIEWS)

Mukherjee in an interview to NDTV said that the Bill may be a substantially amended
Government Bill or a brand new bill based on all bills. He said the content of the bill is important. He said: "We have accepted the will of a powerful movement, headed by a powerful leader (Anna). Now the Bill which will come as recommended by the standing committee, that will be the bill that we have to consider.” 

Talking about Team Anna’s demand that the panel of the Standing Committee should be reconstructed, he said “every year the panel is reconstructed..this year (too), the panel will be re constructed.”  But who will come from which party depends on party’s concern, he said

When asked why there was no vote regarding the resolution, Mukherjee explained that “there are ways of conveying Parliamentary approval”. He said: “Most of the time, the sense of the House has never been voted (upon). The sense of the house is when we express our happiness..we thump the table...when we express our solidarity with the people of the nation that has had a natural disaster..the Speaker mentions it,…we do not put it to motion..we thump the desk and approve."

Interview Source: NDTV news  

Net Source: http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails010911j.php

Is lokpal against procedure? (Light Showing facts)

During Anna's Anshan MPs blamed that Anna is blackmailing parliament. Now after Anshan Media is debating on it. So of course citizens are confuse that weather they gave wrong support to Anna or were they right to support a bill which is intended to be Constitution changer ?
Now lets clarify some facts and make situation a little bit clear.

• ANSHAN CONTROVERSY- The Lokpal bill was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan in 1968 and passed the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969. But before it could be passed by Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha was dissolved and the bill lapsed. The Subsequent versions were re-introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008,but none of them passed.CONCLUSION: bill was tarnishing in the drawers of parliament for mare than 4 decades and MP's are saying that WE DON't GAVE THEM TIME TO MAKE A PERFECT LOKPAL BILL}

• Constitution Changer-  Corruption in our day to day life is putting our tax into pockets of government and our BRIBE in that of BABUS or officers, all weather lokpal supporter or in opposition to it claim this reality! but some of them do not claim that corruption is not only a threat to out TAX but also to OUR SUPREME LAW i.e CONSTITUTION, and this corruption is corroding CONSTITUTION form its very beginning.CONCLUSION:So if corruption and bribe can spit on constitution's spirit then why a Constitution Changer anti corruption bill cannot be implemented to SAVE CONSTITION FORM MUCH NASTY SPUTUM OF CORRUPTION .However alternative can also be don if we stop giving bribe to save our Constitution and fundamental rights from corruption's rusting effect 

• Media's ROLE- Politicians are blaming that it was only media's coverage that popularized this ANDOLAN. Well they are wrong and their tone is of a dictator who controls media. They are wrong because it was not news that powered andolan but it was people's interest flood in society and on social networking sites that forced media to give the required coverage.CONCLUSION: Media of a democracy is free to show what it wants, moreover it shows those things about which people are crazy means media may not have given coverage to the andolan if citizens might not have reacted in that supportive or debative manner.

SUGGESTIONS : Open DEBATE ( in support and against bill)

Government and BJP agree to voice vote on Lokpal Bill (Team Anna happy)

In a development that could help end the impasse on the Lokpal issue, government and opposition today reached an agreement under which Parliament will adopt a resolution incorporating the three demands of Team Anna with a voice vote.This  turnaround came when BJP heard Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal announce at the Ramlila grounds that the government had conveyed to them the Opposition's reluctance to vote on a resolution in Parliament on the Lokpal issue


When the BJP insisted that in the changed circumstances, a resolution should be moved and put to a voice vote, the government agreed to it. Some young ministers and MPs from the Congress also insisted on a resolution and vote as they felt Team Anna will not settle for anything less.  
Sources said the resolution mentions all the three demands of Anna Hazare, namely Citizens' Charter, Lokayukta in states and including lower bureaucracy under Lokpal's ambit. The resolution states that the House agrees "in principle" on these issues. It will be put to a voice vote in both Houses (Loksabha and Rajaya sabha)


"We are very happy with the development," a Team Anna spokesperson said on this turnaround of government


Asked whether Hazare would end his fast today,the spokesperson said "Hazare will decide whether to break his fast today or tomorrow morning. Normally, he prefers to break the fast in the mornings," Hazare had demanded that the Parliament should accept the three key demands of the civil society for him to end the fast. 


Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/government-bjp-agree-to-voice-vote-on-lokpal-bill-team-anna-happy/articleshow/9758659.cms