The UPA was embarrassed when the proposal, first suggested by Rahul Gandhi, to confer constitutional status to lokpal was voted out by the Lok Sabha, but the Congress and the government may still be able to ride on the anti-corruption storm generated by Gandhian Anna Hazare. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, assembly polls 2012, Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, BJP, Harish Rawat, inside story, lokpal, Manipur chief minister Ibobi Singh, MMRDA ground, Punjab, Rahul Gandhi, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Ramlila ground, SAD, Shishir Gupta, Team Anna, UPA, Uttarakhand
Embedded in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s get-well-soon message to Anna Hazare, who is recuperating in a Gurgaon hospital, was a tacit admission by the UPA government that Gandhians should be won over with flowers, not force. Read more

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Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:53 am
Filed under India · Tagged AK Antony, Anna Hazare, Azhagiri, Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs, Congress, Congress Core Group meeting, corruption, Farooq Abdullah, Jan Lokpal Bill, Manmohan Singh, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Prithviraj Chauhan, Ramlila Maidan, Sharad Pawar, Shishir Gupta, Team Anna, UPA