The following changes are suggested in the Jan Lokpal Bill version 2.3. The reasons for the changes have also been stated. A copy is being marked to the Parliamentary Standing Committee and to members of Team Anna too.
Anna, home-grown terror, Sonia’s health and other stories
Given the media’s preferences, Anna Hazare will, in the foreseeable future, obscure other stories which may be equally important.
Question of legitimacy: Panch Pyare or ‘A Company’
It is the greatest tragedy of the nation that the key decision makers, the Prime Minister, Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukerjee whose lofty lectures on Parliamentary democracy being the only way to enact a law, are the ones with little stake in electoral politics.
Ministers in the Lokpal panel involved in Sahara Scam?
Sahara for over a decade has employed the strategy of targeting unbanked people in backward areas for mobilizing deposits through thousands of agents.
Ramdev, Hazare and JP’s movement
In brief, JP movement was to replace a left lurching Indira Gandhi. Hazare-Ramdev ball is being tossed up for political parties to smash it on a deft and durable Mayawati.