Anna Hazare wins, Parliament passes resolution on Lokpal Bill
NEW DELHI: Both Houses of Parliament on Saturday passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill, paving the way for Anna Hazare to break his fast.
On a motion moved by Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill.
After the passage of the resolution, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha till Monday.
There was some confusion over whether the resolution was passed by a voice vote or not. Apparently, no voice vote took place.
"Thumping of the desk is akin to passing a motion by voice vote," Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar told Times Now.
After the passage of the Lokpal resolution in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha also passed the resolution.
Team Anna welcomes the passage of the Lokpal resolution, Kiran Bedi said.
Some of the important points of the Lokpal resolution passed by Parliament are:
*An effective Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states be set up.
*Employees of centre and state governments to be brought under purview of Lokpal and Lokayuktas respectively.
*All government departments to have citizen's charter with timeline.
With a copy of Lokpal resolution and a letter from PM Manmohan Singh, Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh would now go to Ramlila Maidan to meet Anna Hazare.
Earlier, the team Anna said they have received a communication from the government that a resolution carrying their demands on Lokpal Bill will be put to a voice vote, a move which they termed as a "very happy" development.
Fresh trouble emerged this afternoon after government decided only to convey sense of House to Team Anna and not put the resolution for voting, the activists hardened their position saying it was "betrayal" and only a resolution which will be put to vote will be acceptable.
This forced the government to change its stand. The activist's camp said they have received the communication from the government about its decision to put the resolution to voice vote.
The 74-year-old Gandhian has been on fast for the last 12 days, demanding the passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill by Parliament.
Courtesy : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
We support Anna Hazare and we also support
--> The corrupted leaders by electing them
--> Not forcing the Public Representatives to act strongly on the Lokpal Issue to make it happen for India by passing the bill in Parliament.
--> The concepts of cheat, lie, steal & pass.
--> Buying movie tickets in black.
--> Piracy.
--> In confirming berths in Train by giving more rupees to brokers.
--> Cheating in Income Tax submission.
-->The students who bunk the class & we make them heroes of Class.
--> Not having a protection policy for whistle blowers in India.
--> Individualism not on unity.
--> In bribing the Placement Officer in getting a job.
--> Compromising in our own responsibilities.
-->Choosing Mafias than going to Police Station for any issue.
-->Bribing the Govt. Officials, Police in getting things done.
--> Unethical ways of promotion in Job.
-->Choosing any Private Hospital for even a minor injury rejecting Govt. Hospitals basing on our monetary power.
--> Non-availability of Medicines in Govt. Hospitals.
--> Inefficiency of Govt. Officials by either bribing them or saluting them.
--> Biasing.
--> In non-educating children and specially girls.
--> Believing in fate but not on our work.
--> In cheating our parents by telling lies.
--> Western Culture by scarifying our own culture.
--> Obeying the irrelevant orders of Boss.
--> Bribing advocates winning cases on money power.
--> Awarding the most corrupted person as the successful leader.
--> Adoption of non Humanitarian actions in life.
--> Egoism.
--> Not forcing the Public Representatives to act strongly on the Lokpal Issue to make it happen for India by passing the bill in Parliament.
--> The concepts of cheat, lie, steal & pass.
--> Buying movie tickets in black.
--> Piracy.
--> In confirming berths in Train by giving more rupees to brokers.
--> Cheating in Income Tax submission.
-->The students who bunk the class & we make them heroes of Class.
--> Not having a protection policy for whistle blowers in India.
--> Individualism not on unity.
--> In bribing the Placement Officer in getting a job.
--> Compromising in our own responsibilities.
-->Choosing Mafias than going to Police Station for any issue.
-->Bribing the Govt. Officials, Police in getting things done.
--> Unethical ways of promotion in Job.
-->Choosing any Private Hospital for even a minor injury rejecting Govt. Hospitals basing on our monetary power.
--> Non-availability of Medicines in Govt. Hospitals.
--> Inefficiency of Govt. Officials by either bribing them or saluting them.
--> Biasing.
--> In non-educating children and specially girls.
--> Believing in fate but not on our work.
--> In cheating our parents by telling lies.
--> Western Culture by scarifying our own culture.
--> Obeying the irrelevant orders of Boss.
--> Bribing advocates winning cases on money power.
--> Awarding the most corrupted person as the successful leader.
--> Adoption of non Humanitarian actions in life.
--> Egoism.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Anti-Corruption Leader Anna Hazare Arrested in India
Anna Hazare may not be a household name in North America; however, he is a prolific Indian activist and his arrest on Tuesday morning caused an outcry on the streets as well as on social networks in India.
Anna Hazare is a 74-year old activist who is one of India’s most well known and respected campaigners. Known as an “old-school” Indian activist who wears an all white wardrobe and avoids tobacco, meat and cable TV, Hazare – real name Kisan Baburao – has a long history of campaigning. This includes a hunger strike in April 2011. This week, he planned to undertake an indefinite hunger strike to demand new laws against graft. However, Hazare never got the chance to protest; he was detained by police Tuesday morning, August 16th 2011.
If the government was hoping to avoid controversy with the arrest, it backfired.
By night fall, approximately 1,200 of his supporters had been detained in Delhi, according to local media. Several demonstrations were organized throughout the country. In a pre-recorded video recorded by Hazare to be released in case he was arrested, he notes: ”Unless there is change, there is no freedom, there is no actual democracy, there is no true republic, there is no true people’s rule. The protests should not stop. The time has come for no jail in the country to have a free space.”
It is fitting that his words were broadcast on YouTube. While some of Hazare’s supporters took to the streets, others reacted on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The Mumbai chapter of the “India Corruption” movement supported Hazare on their Facebook Group. They encouraged people to change their profiles to black squares to signal their protest of the government’s decision to take Hazare into preventative custody. The Facebook Groups wall post read: “A HUMBLE REQUEST: Democracy can’t be murdered so brutally. Please change your profile pic to ‘Black’ at least for a day to oppose the arrest of team ‘Anna’. Co-operation expected !!!.”
On Twitter, Hazare’s arrest caused even more commotion: 8/10 trending items in India were related to his fast. Of these the hashtag #isupportannahazare was the most highly ranked. Tweets were generally angry and frustrated with the Indian government. Some examples include:
“U may not agree wt Anna’s ideology or his methods. That’s fine. BUT U CANNOT TAKE AWAY HIS RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST! #isupportAnnaHazare”
“On 15th Aug, we got our independence and on 16th Aug the Indian Government took it away x-( #isupportannahazare”.
On Facebook, user Abdul Akthar wrote a letter to the Supreme Court of India and urged his fans to copy the message and send it to the court from the own email accounts. The message requests the government recognize the freedom to protest peacefully.
As for the YouTube video posted on several channels, the comments are equally as outraged. One user notes: “Today Indian Democracy has been thrown into the gutter by the protectors of the corrupt looters on my Nation. Anna Hazare, we are behind you !!! God Bless you!”
Courtesy: Socialtimes.com
Anna Hazare is a 74-year old activist who is one of India’s most well known and respected campaigners. Known as an “old-school” Indian activist who wears an all white wardrobe and avoids tobacco, meat and cable TV, Hazare – real name Kisan Baburao – has a long history of campaigning. This includes a hunger strike in April 2011. This week, he planned to undertake an indefinite hunger strike to demand new laws against graft. However, Hazare never got the chance to protest; he was detained by police Tuesday morning, August 16th 2011.
If the government was hoping to avoid controversy with the arrest, it backfired.
By night fall, approximately 1,200 of his supporters had been detained in Delhi, according to local media. Several demonstrations were organized throughout the country. In a pre-recorded video recorded by Hazare to be released in case he was arrested, he notes: ”Unless there is change, there is no freedom, there is no actual democracy, there is no true republic, there is no true people’s rule. The protests should not stop. The time has come for no jail in the country to have a free space.”
It is fitting that his words were broadcast on YouTube. While some of Hazare’s supporters took to the streets, others reacted on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The Mumbai chapter of the “India Corruption” movement supported Hazare on their Facebook Group. They encouraged people to change their profiles to black squares to signal their protest of the government’s decision to take Hazare into preventative custody. The Facebook Groups wall post read: “A HUMBLE REQUEST: Democracy can’t be murdered so brutally. Please change your profile pic to ‘Black’ at least for a day to oppose the arrest of team ‘Anna’. Co-operation expected !!!.”
On Twitter, Hazare’s arrest caused even more commotion: 8/10 trending items in India were related to his fast. Of these the hashtag #isupportannahazare was the most highly ranked. Tweets were generally angry and frustrated with the Indian government. Some examples include:
“U may not agree wt Anna’s ideology or his methods. That’s fine. BUT U CANNOT TAKE AWAY HIS RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST! #isupportAnnaHazare”
“On 15th Aug, we got our independence and on 16th Aug the Indian Government took it away x-( #isupportannahazare”.
On Facebook, user Abdul Akthar wrote a letter to the Supreme Court of India and urged his fans to copy the message and send it to the court from the own email accounts. The message requests the government recognize the freedom to protest peacefully.
As for the YouTube video posted on several channels, the comments are equally as outraged. One user notes: “Today Indian Democracy has been thrown into the gutter by the protectors of the corrupt looters on my Nation. Anna Hazare, we are behind you !!! God Bless you!”
Courtesy: Socialtimes.com
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