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Lokpal Bill debacle: Government's role was biggest, says Team Anna
Team Anna today said that the government's role in the Lokpal fiasco that unfolded in the winter session was the 'biggest' but they will not target just the government in its future plans. "The government's betrayal on Lokpal was the biggest. But the attitude of other parties was also questionable," said Prashant Bhushan. "We have decided that we w...
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Lokpal fiasco: BJP submits petition to President
Senior leaders of the BJP met President Pratibha Patil today to formally complain about the government's failure to put the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha on December 29. Despite the Congress' denials, it's clear that the government avoided a vote because it was in a minority in the Rajya Sabha.
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BJP top rung meets President to complain about Lokpal fiasco
Senior leaders of the BJP walked to the Rashtrapati Bhavan today to meet President Pratibha Patil to formally complain about the government's failure to put the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha on December 29. Despite the Congress' denials, it's clear that the government avoided a vote because it was in a minority in the Rajya...
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Lokpal Bill is well thought out: Amartya Sen
Amid the fiasco in Parliament over the Lokpal bill and strong criticism of some of its clauses on Lokayukta by different political parties, Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen on Monday said that the anti-graft legislation is well thought out.
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BJP delegation to meet President over Lokpal Bill fiasco
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a delegation of senior leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil January 3 to register the party's protest against the Lokpal Bill fiasco in Parliament.
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Lokpal Bill fiasco: Government treated us sloppily, says Mamata's party
The reverberation of what happened in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday night during the Lokpal Bill debate continues to be felt in the political circles. Now popularly known as the "Lokpal Bill fiasco", or the "midnight mayhem," the issue has brought into sharp focus the deep fissures between the Congress and its largest ally - Mamata Banerjee's Trinamo...
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Lokpal fiasco: 'Fleedom' at midnight quips BJP, says PM gave his blessing
The government insists that it did not play dirty to ensure that last night, the Lokpal bill was not put to vote in the Rajya Sabha. "The BJP are the real assassins of democracy," said the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi. But every major political party today - including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress - said the government down t...
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Team Anna on Lokpal fiasco
Team Anna, Lokpal Bill
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Pawan Bansal on Lokpal Bill fiasco
Pawan Bansal, Lokpal, Raya Sabha
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Foreign media on Lokpal Bill fiasco
India's coalition government failed on Thursday to push through legislation to create an independent anticorruption agency, after an exhausting day of parliamentary speechmaking, political posturing and backroom negotiations could not produce a deal, possibly stalling the bill for months.
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Lokpal Bill debacle: Government's role was biggest, says Team Anna
Team Anna today said that the government's role in the Lokpal fiasco that unfolded in the winter session was the 'biggest' but they will not target just the government in its future plans. "The government's betrayal on Lokpal was the biggest. But the attitude of other parties was also questionable," said Prashant Bhushan. "We have decided that we w...
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Lokpal fiasco: BJP submits petition to President
Senior leaders of the BJP met President Pratibha Patil today to formally complain about the government's failure to put the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha on December 29. Despite the Congress' denials, it's clear that the government avoided a vote because it was in a minority in the Rajya Sabha.
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BJP top rung meets President to complain about Lokpal fiasco
Senior leaders of the BJP walked to the Rashtrapati Bhavan today to meet President Pratibha Patil to formally complain about the government's failure to put the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to vote in the Rajya Sabha on December 29. Despite the Congress' denials, it's clear that the government avoided a vote because it was in a minority in the Rajya...
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Lokpal Bill is well thought out: Amartya Sen
Amid the fiasco in Parliament over the Lokpal bill and strong criticism of some of its clauses on Lokayukta by different political parties, Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen on Monday said that the anti-graft legislation is well thought out.
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BJP delegation to meet President over Lokpal Bill fiasco
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a delegation of senior leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil January 3 to register the party's protest against the Lokpal Bill fiasco in Parliament.
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Lokpal Bill fiasco: Government treated us sloppily, says Mamata's party
The reverberation of what happened in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday night during the Lokpal Bill debate continues to be felt in the political circles. Now popularly known as the "Lokpal Bill fiasco", or the "midnight mayhem," the issue has brought into sharp focus the deep fissures between the Congress and its largest ally - Mamata Banerjee's Trinamo...
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Lokpal fiasco: 'Fleedom' at midnight quips BJP, says PM gave his blessing
The government insists that it did not play dirty to ensure that last night, the Lokpal bill was not put to vote in the Rajya Sabha. "The BJP are the real assassins of democracy," said the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi. But every major political party today - including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress - said the government down t...
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Team Anna on Lokpal fiasco
Team Anna, Lokpal Bill
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Pawan Bansal on Lokpal Bill fiasco
Pawan Bansal, Lokpal, Raya Sabha
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Foreign media on Lokpal Bill fiasco
India's coalition government failed on Thursday to push through legislation to create an independent anticorruption agency, after an exhausting day of parliamentary speechmaking, political posturing and backroom negotiations could not produce a deal, possibly stalling the bill for months.
