|
Sushma
Swaraj seeks all-party meet on Lokpal Bill
Thursday April 07, 2011 08:59:11 PM,
IANS
|
|
New Delhi: Urging
social activist Anna Hazare to end his fast, Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Thursday demanded that the government
should convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Lokpal Bill.
In a tweet on micro-blogging site Twitter, she said Hazare was a
very well-respected leader and the BJP had lent its support to his
cause.
"Shri Anna Hazare is a very well respected leader. We are with him
in his crusade against corruption. His life is very precious. We
request him to give up his fast. BJP has already lent its support to
this cause. We demand that the government should convene an all
party meeting to discuss the issue," she said.
She said the bill to fight corruption should be "very stringent and
effective".
Earlier, the BJP said it agrees with the essence of Hazare's demand
for a stronger instrument against corruption.
Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the draft of the Lokpal Bill
brought out by the government was "toothless" and there was an
urgency to have a more effective law to cover bureaucrats and
political class.
Hazare's indefinite fast for stronger Lokpal Bill continued for the
third day Thursday.
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Top
Stories |
|
Sonia
pleads but Hazare doesn't give up as talks fail
His crusade
against corruption triggering a virtual tsunami, social reformer
Anna Hazare Thursday vowed to fast until death even as Congress
president Sonia Gandhi urged him
»
Hazare's
fast enters day 3; Sibal holds talks to break impasse
Now a
'corruption temple' in Delhi to highlight prevalence of graft |
|
|
|
Most
Read |
|
A flirting
Modern Day Nero and submissive Modern Day Gandhi
The cat is finally out of the bag.
While addressing the rally in Malegaon April 05 organised to support
activist Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption, some speakers
came out with a surprising
» |
|
Census
2011: Kashmir's population touches 1.25 crore
The
population of Jammu and Kashmir has grown to 1.25 crore from 1.1
crore recorded in 2001, according to the provisional census figures
released here Thursday. "The total population of the state
»
India's
population is 1.21 billion, gender imbalance worsens
|
|
|
|
News Pick |
|
A.R.
Rahman launches his biography
Music maestro A.R. Rahman got a little nostalgic remembering his old
days, during the launch of his biography "A.R. Rahman: The
Spirit of Music" in Mumbai
»
K.L.
Saigal, a musician of the masses |
|
Six
Indian-Americans in Forbes Midas 100
Six Indian-Americans figure in The Midas 100, Forbes' list of
venture capitalists who bucked the trends of shrinking firms and
declining returns to "create wealth and fund the new ideas that
keep US economy vibrant."
» |
|
Goa home
minister's sons draw salaries as personal aides
For Goa Home
Minister Ravi Naik, work perhaps begins at 'home' -- his two sons
draw salaries as his personal aides.
A written reply by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to the Goa assembly
Wednesday lists Ritesh and Roy
» |
|
Premji
Foundation to open school of education in Hyderabad
The Azim
Premji Foundation, promoted by IT bellwether Wipro's chairman Azim
Premji, Wednesday tied up with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
to set up a
» |
|
Battle
for Bengal: Mamata juggernaut rolls out
he waves at the crowds, shakes hands
with the people and greets them either with a namaskar or an adab - depending on whether she is
traversing a Hindu or a Muslim majority area. Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata
» |
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
Prof Abbas
Rizvi along with Principal of the College of Teacher
Education, Bhopal, Prof Mahmood Siddiqui going round the
exhibition on the life and work of Maulana Azad. The
exhibition had some rare photographs and sketches of Maulana
Azad's portraits put up by the students of the B. Ed. college on the occasion.
|
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links