Manish Sisodia also failed to cast his vote

After Arvind Kejriwal(see) , Manish Sisodia emerged as the second Team Anna member who did not exercise his franchise in the UP Assembly elections from Shahibabad, where he is a registered voter.

Sisodia said he could not vote yesterday(Feb,28) as he was in Goa for a programme which he said was fixed a month before.

“It is better that I was not in Sahibabad on the polling day otherwise I would have filled up the 49-0 form in the polling booth for disliking the candidates and political parties,” Sisodia said.
I did not like any nominee in the Sahibabad constituency as none of them was with a clean image, he said.
“There is no provision of right to reject, which is a must for an honest voter,” he said.

He also defended Kejriwal for his statement on the Parliament,saying when MPs take money for asking questions in the House or currency notes are shown to prove corruption of the government or porn films are seen in the Assembly, does sanctity of the Parliament remains intact then?

Editor's View: Its true that there is absence of genuine candidates to vote for, moreover Team Anna is also busy and this fact can't be ignored. Yet not voting of Team Anna's members is loosening the support for them. So only for symbolic activity , they should somehow cast their votes.
Source:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/team-anna-member-manish-sisodia-fails-to-cast-vote/918201/

UP polls: Arvind Kejriwal fails to cast vote as name missing from voters' list

Kejriwal was expected to cast his vote at a polling station in Indirapuram area, but he left in the morning for Delhi to catch a flight for Goa.

However, some persons protested against his action which prompted Kejriwal to return to the polling booth.

However, his name was missing in the voters' list.

"I have a voters identity card. My name was in the voters' list on the earlier occasions," he said.

Some voters who were inconvenienced by the media glare on Kejriwal outside the polling booth also shouted slogans.

Asked about him initially deciding not to cast his votes, Kejriwal said the Team Anna programme in Goa was finalised a month ago and at that time, they did not realise that the voting day and campaigning programme would clash.

Source:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-polls-Arvind-Kejriwal-fails-to-cast-vote-as-name-missing-from-voters-list/articleshow/12067458.cms

T.Anna: to begin campaign in Goa on Feb 28

• India Against Corruption activists and members of Team Anna are scheduled to visit the Goa from February 28 to March 1.
• Team Anna's core group members Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi will make a trip to Goa as part of their visits to the poll bound states.
• Goa representative in the IAC national committee Dinesh Vaghela said, as Anna Hazare is receiving medical attention, he will not be able to make a trip to the state.
•  IAC Goa is planning to hold meetings across the state and felt most constituencies would feel some impact of the anti-corruption movement on voting.

IAC Goa coordinator Satish Sonak was of the view that in this election, the impact of money power would decrease as "the voter is realizing that selling his vote is the root cause of corruption."

He also felt the voter turnout would increase this time, as people have realized that "bad things happen because good people don't do anything (go and vote)."

Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Team-Anna-members-to-visit-Goa-from-Feb-28/articleshow/11919821.cms

UP Election Campaign:Rae Bareli

SEE FULL SCHEDULE OF UP Election Campaign here

 Team Anna mobilized public opinion in the family stronghold of Rae Bareli on Feb 13 . Four months ago, Anna Hazare's team had claimed sweeping support in Rae Bareli and Amethi for the Jan Lokpal bill after taking a referendum on people's opinion on whether they would vote for those who oppose the legislation.

Team Anna, which began its campaign in Uttar Pradesh on February 5, have been asking people to take a vow that they will not back candidates making false promises but support those who are answerable to them in future.

Though Anna Hazare himself has not been campaigning, his team members Manish Sisodia and Rakesh Rafiq will be among the speakers addressing a rally on Monday afternoon in Rae Bareli, which is UPAchairperson Sonia Gandhi's constituency.

The anti-graft team, which has already held ten rallies under the banner of India Against Corruption, across the state, is expected to address around a dozen more rallies in the state. The team is expected to visit Kanauj on February 14 and proceed to Farukkhabad the same day.

SEE FULL SCHEDULE OF UP Election Campaign here

Source: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-13/news/31055259_1_rae-bareli-team-anna-anna-hazare

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

Team Anna to begin campaign on Jan 21

Team Anna Today ( Monday)  unveiled its campaign plans for the Assembly polls in five states starting with Uttarakhand on January 21 and spending a major part of February in Uttar Pradesh but will not ask people to vote in favour or against any particular party.
However, they will not target a single party during the campaign but put forward the need for a strong Lokpal.

• team Anna would visit Uttarakhand fistly, where they would tour for three days till January 23 followed by Punjab for two days on January 24 and January 25.
• After this they will return to Uttarakhand on January 27 and January 28.
• In February campaign will be focused on Uttar Pradesh elections. Team Anna would visit UP from February 2nd till February 25
• On February 28, 29 and March one, the campaign will be in Goa.
  

"The nitty-gritties of the visit like the cities which Team Anna would visit, the members visiting the rallies, etc are yet to be finalized. The campaign meetings in different cities are being organized by small committees that are being formed especially for this purpose," Team Anna spokesperson said.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/team-anna-to-hit-the-campaign-trail-on-jan-21/221368-3.html