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RSS plays safe on Gadkari, says no soft corner for anybody

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Friday November 2, 2012

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is continuing to play safe on Nitin Gadkari, the man it picked to be BJP president and who is now mired in corruption charges that his party can politically ill-afford. The BJP's parent body said at a meeting in Chenna...

Anna Hazare makes it into CIA's Factbook

Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 28, 2011

Anna Hazare and his organisation -India Against Corruption - has made it into the American spy agency CIA's World Factbook as a political pressure group in India, joining the league of RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and the Hurriyat Conference.

Congress, Team Anna engage in slugfest over RSS links allegations

NDTV Correspondent | Monday December 26, 2011

With less than 24 hours to go before anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare goes on a three-day fast and the Parliament reconvenes to discuss the Lokpal Bill, the slugfest between the Congress and Team Anna, largely on Twitter, continues.

Team Anna vs Congress: Gloves off over alleged RSS links

NDTV Correspondent | Monday December 26, 2011

With less than 48 hours to go before the Lokpal debate starts in Parliament, the gloves are off between Team Anna and the Congress. Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today launched yet another attack on the anti-corruption crusader over his alle...

Digvijaya targets Anna again over RSS links

NDTV Correspondent | Sunday December 25, 2011

As veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare gears up for his three-day fast at the MMRDA Ground in Mumbai on December 27, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today launched yet another attack on the Gandhian over his alleged links to the Rasht...

Digvijaya Singh calls Sri Sri Ravi Shankar the BJP's Plan C

Radhika Iyer | Thursday October 27, 2011

Digvijaya Singh has given new expression to his theory that civil society activists who accuse the government of a disinterest in checking corruption are being exploited by the opposition BJP and its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)...

Anna replies to Digvijaya, says absolutely no links to RSS

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday October 13, 2011

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has sent a length letter to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. In his seven-page note, written in Hindi, Anna responds to the charges Mr Singh leveled against him in an open letter sent to the Gandhian earlier this ...

New Digvijaya letter to Anna was not needed, says Congress

Sunil Prabhu | Wednesday October 12, 2011

Digvijaya Singh sent his second letter in 48 hours to Anna Hazare today. His party, the Congress, has made it clear that his letter-writing should now end. Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi said that the Prime Minister's note to Anna, also sent...

Get well soon, says BJP to Digvijaya

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 12, 2011

Digvijaya Singh is ill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared Wednesday as it hit out at the Congress leader for his comments on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) backing Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement and stressed that the support was nei...

Digvijaya offers letter as proof of Anna-RSS links

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday October 12, 2011

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said he has letters that prove the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS supported Anna Hazare's movement - a claim the Gandhian has rejected earlier.

Team Anna urges voters to inflict 'historic' defeat on Congress

Press Trust of India | Saturday October 8, 2011

Team Anna today launched a blistering attack on the Congress ahead of the October 13 Lok Sabha bypoll here, asking voters to inflict a "historic" defeat on the party for not bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill, prompting the ruling party to hit back.

Anna dismisses RSS claim, Congress says we told you so

Press Trust of India | Friday October 7, 2011

An RSS statement claiming that it was part of Anna Hazare's movement today snowballed into a controversy with the Gandhian dismissing the claim and the Congress saying it has given a lie to his claim of being non-partisan.

I stand vindicated on RSS-Hazare agitation link: Digvijaya

Press Trust of India | Friday October 7, 2011

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said today he stood vindicated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement that the volunteers of his organisation had taken part in the recent anti-corruption agitations, including the ...

Is RSS working hard for affiliation with Anna?

Rahul Shrivastava‎ | Thursday September 1, 2011

Since the government agreed to Anna Hazare's three must-have powers for the new Lokpal or anti-corruption agency, the activist ended his fast and Team Anna has been publicly praising the Prime Minister. The Manmohan Government's relief is not shared ...

Congress leaders lying to defame me, says Anna Hazare in letter to Sonia Gandhi

Press Trust of India | Monday June 13, 2011

Upset over Congress leaders calling him a mask of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Anna Hazare today told Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that party leaders and ministers were "telling lies" to defame him and dared them to make public any evidence to prove it.I...