USA's Dream ??????????????
'Unknown' Anna has more influence now, says US reportBy Indo Asian News
Service | IANS – 16 hours ago
*
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare, 'a previously unknown
figure', has assumed 'far more influence' in India, said a US Congressional
report Wednesday, adding that 'huge majorities (80-90 percent) of Indians' were
in favour of Team Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill.
According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, 'Hazare, an
uneducated 72-year-old from an indigent Maharashtrian family, had vowed to fast
unto death' unless the central government moved to toughen its anti-corruption
laws, in particular by establishing a new Lokpal (ombudsman) post to review
corruption complaints reaching to the highest levels of government.
The report said 'less than a week later, after many thousands in cities across
India had taken up his cause, Hazare ended his strike and declared victory upon
the government's announcement that it would form a committee to draft Lokpal
legislation'.
Observing that 'huge majorities (80-90 percent) of Indians favoured the civil
society's Jan Lokpal bill over government's Lokpal bill, the report said top
Congress party leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, argued that
multiple tactics to combat corruption are required.'
The report mentions that 'Team Anna has been criticized for allegedly dividing
poorer minority communities, and for signs that Hindu nationalists are
providing the bulk of its organisational muscle.'
Mentioning about Yoga guru Swami Ramdev, the report said that besides Anna, he
too was notable in the 'negative emotions sparked by months-long revelations of
high-level corruption' in India.
The report said that in early June, Swami Ramdev staged a major anti-corruption
protest in the Indian capital, and launched his own mass hunger strike to
demand government action to recover 'black money'.
According to the report, 'after apparently inaccurate reports that the
government had acceded to Ramdev's demands, hundreds of police swept through
the protesters, using tear gas and batons to disperse them in which at least 30
people were injured'.
--
“NEWSLINE MEMBERS MEET” on October 7,2011 at Jeddah, KSA.
Please send your Name, Mobile and E-mail ID for registration.
send to :newsto...@gmail.com
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "newsline" group.
To post to this group, send email to newsline@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
newsline+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/newsline?hl=en?hl=en
http://www.newstower.blogspot.com/
