Activist Medha Patkar on Monday came out in support of Arvind Kejriwal, who is facing allegations of diverting donations for Team Anna to his trust, saying that the truth will come out once the audit is completed.
“I don’t go with allegations against Arvind Kejriwal. Swami Agnivesh himself has told me that he has not levelled [...]
Activist Arvind Kejriwal today appealed to the employer of the man who threw a slipper at him during a public function two days ago not to dismiss him.
Reacting to reports in the media that Jitendra Yadav had been thrown out of job in the wake of the incident, Kejriwal wrote a letter to the employer [...]
The Team Anna is set to score a victory of sorts on its demand for a strong Lokpal.The BJP government in Uttarakhand has decided to introduce its version of the Lok Ayukta Bill in the assembly next month. Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal were in the drafting committee for this proposed law.
Sources in the CM’s [...]
Cracks have appeared in Team Anna just a couple of months after they pushed the political class to agree to create a strong Lokpal and galvanized popular opinion against corruption, as members pursue their individual agendas.
On Friday, Anna Hazare and other members of the group distanced themselves from their comrade Prashant Bhushan’s advocacy to allow [...]
Jitendra Pathak, who attacked team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal with a slipper, has been sacked from his job at a private construction company here, an official said Thursday. “Taking into account his aggressive and violent nature, we have dismissed Jitendra, who was working as a supervisor with the company,” Ravindra Singh, chairman of the city-based [...]
In what reflects the determination to settle for nothing less than the Jan Lokpal Bill, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that Anna Hazare was above Parliament and he had the right to threaten to go on fast to get bills passed.
In a television interview, Kejriwal said, “Of course, he is putting himself above (Parliament). [...]
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has claimed that he has been informed of threats against him and that his office may be attacked.
Kejriwal said in the past two days, he received a number of calls from his “friends in media”, including a top journalist with a TV news channel, that he may be attacked.
Another Team [...]
A slipper was hurled at Anna Hazare aide Arvind Kejriwal at a function in Lucknow on Tuesday — exactly a week after Prashant Bhushan, another Team Anna member, had been thrashed in his chamber in the Supreme Court for seeking a plebiscite in Kashmir.
Kejriwal, who received the Indian of The Year award from a media [...]
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