Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Fasting activist Kisan Babural alias Anna Hazare said on Monday that he was “used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” to win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Yes. The BJP used me in 2014. Everybody knows that it was my agitation for Lokpal that catapulted the BJP and[Read More…]
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Anna Hazare launches hunger strike for Lokpal, Lokayuktas
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Veteran activist Kisan Baburao Hazare alias Anna Hazare on Wednesday launched a fresh hunger strike at his Ralegan-Siddhi village seeking Lokpal and Lokayuktas as promised by the government. An aide said that carrying the tricolour, Hazare, 81, went around in a procession in the village with a large[Read More…]
Birthday Special: Relevance of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan in current political situation
‘Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan’ was born on October 11, 1902, in Sitabdiara village, Bihar. His father Harsu Dayal Srivastava was a junior staff in the State Government. He married to Prabhavati Devi in 1920. Popularly known as ‘Lok Nayak’, Jai Prakash Narayan was a great freedom fighter and a[Read More…]
Anna begins indefinite fast for Lokpal
New Delhi: Nearly seven years after Anna Hazare went on a hunger strike demanding the setting up of a Lokpal to probe corruption cases, the social activist on Friday once again sat on an indefinite hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan here pressing for the demand. Hazare reached Ramlila Maidan where[Read More…]
Modi failed to fulfil promises to farmers, of Lokpal: Hazare
Patna: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narender 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[Read More…]
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[Read More…]
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Ankit Lal: A regular engineer who decided to fight corruption
Just like most of us who are active users of social media and end up following pages of social causes, Ankit Lal started his activism by clicking on the ‘Like’ button of India Against Corruption’s Facebook page during its initial days. It gave him an opportunity to connect with like-minded[Read More…]
Anna Hazare hints relaunching Lokpal agitation
Returning to ballot papers will be a retrograde step: Anna Hazare
After Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal demanded for reverting to ballot papers for municipal polls in Delhi on Wednesday, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare lashes out at his former protégé saying it would be a retrograde step. “In times when great technological advancement is taking place, returning to ballot papers[Read More…]
Hazare slams Kejriwal’s demand for paper ballots
Walk the talk on party funding: Anna to Kejriwal
Veteran Social activist Anna Hazare castigated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not fulfilling the promise of putting his party’s donors list in public domain. In a letter to Kejriwal, dated Dec 23, Anna took a dig at the Kejriwal and said if change has to be brought into the[Read More…]
Demonetisation a revolutionary step, will help curb black money: Anna
Social acticist Anna Hazare on Thursday lauded the Centre for its “bold and revolutionary” decision of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, saying it will curb black money. “This revolutionary step will curb black money, corruption and terrorism (funding) to a large extent,” Hazare said. “The previous governments[Read More…]
Anna Hazare threatens stir against Arvind Kejriwal
Social activist and crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday said, that he would start an agitation against his one-time most trusted colleague, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal if he finds any traces of wrong doings during his tenure. Interacting with the media at his native village Ralegan Siddhi, Hazare said he did[Read More…]