Raipur: Aam Aadmi Party member Kumar Vishwas on Sunday claimed that the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare, before Team Anna was disbanded, had been 'political' in nature given the reforms it wanted to bring forth. "It was a political movement from day one as we were fighting against government to bring political reforms," he said.
When asked whether Anna Hazare was aware of the political overtone of the anti-graft movement under him, Vishwas evaded a direct reply saying "Anna was the inspiration of the movement." Vishwas said if government brings Lokapal Bill and other reforms, the AAP is ready to dissolve itself.
"If Parliament brings Lokpal Bill, Right to Reject, Right to Recall and Gram Swaraj even a month ahead of Lok Sabha elections, we are ready to dissolve AAP," he claimed. When asked about the agenda of the party, Vishwas said, "AAP is not interested in doing politics. We just wanted to bring some fundamental changes."
Hinting that next political 'expose' will unfold in Chhattisgarh, the AAP leader said the party has collected evidences of corruption against five top ministers of the state. "People here have provided documents against five ministers of the state and very soon a press conference will be held to expose them," he said, refusing to elaborate....
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10:24 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Sambhal: An important member of Arvind Kejriwal's team Kumar Vishwas has said that their new political party would contest the Lok Sabha elections slated in 2014 on all seats. "The list of party candidate's would not be released from Delhi or Lucknow, but it would be decided by the people," Vishwas who was in Sambhal to attend a kavi sammelan, said on Wednesday night. On being asked about lack of...
02:38 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Team Kejriwal activist Kumar Vishwas has alleged that he is being threatened. ...
08:50 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption on Sunday alleged that some suspicious persons entered the residential premises of its leaders Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas to threaten them and their families. In a statement, the IAC claimed that about a dozen people came to Vishwas' residence on Sunday evening while he was talking to a news channel and gheraoed the house for about 30 minutes. The outfit claimed that after some...
10:22 PM, Nov 11, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been backing party President Nitin Gadkari even as more allegations surfaced against him. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "Whatever allegations are there, we've given clarification several times. We can give it again if needed. There is no embarrassment of any sort to the party." ...
01:38 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Raghogarh (MP): The war of words between Digvijay Singh and Arvind Kejriwal is escalating, with the Congress leader insisting that the activist first reply to all his questions before holding a debate. "Kejriwal must first answer the questions posed to him by me and then only will I reply to him," the party general secretary told reporters here. Singh was replying to Kejriwal's comment that he was willing to reply...
07:34 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Monday snubbed Digvijaya Singh, saying he would send his aide Kumar Vishwas to debate with the Congress general secretary if party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won't join him for a public debate on corruption. After Kejriwal challenged the PM and Sonia Gandhi for a debate, Digvijaya had responded saying Kejriwal should first debate with him. "We accept Digvijaya Singh's offer...
12:57 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: After reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra posted a new Facebook status that read, 'Mango people in banana republic', India Against Corruption (IAC) asked him to apologise. IAC member Arvind Kejriwal's associate Kumar Vishwas demanded that Vadra apologise for insulting India by calling it a banana republic. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page. He insulted our country...
10:51 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: After reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra posted a new Facebook status that read, 'Mango people in banana republic', India Against Corruption (IAC) asked him to apologise. IAC member Arvind Kejriwal's associate Kumar Vishwas demanded that Vadra apologise for insulting India by calling it a banana republic. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page. He insulted our country...
08:36 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and erstwhile Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal seems to be following different paths at the former's brainstorming session with IAC members on Wednesday. The meeting revealed growing cracks between the two with Justice Santosh Hegde, too, admitting to the differences on floating a political party after Anna had said that he won't contest elections. Sources said that Anna and Kejriwal are trying to sort...
05:49 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Anti-corruption activists led by Arvind Kejriwal were detained outside the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday morning for violating prohibitory orders. ...
09:49 AM, Aug 26, 2012
A defiant Arvind Kejriwal, who was detained on Sunday morning for flouting prohibitory orders and trying to gherao the PM's residence, said he would do it again. ...
08:30 AM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) members Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai were detained outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Sunday for violating prohibitory orders as they moved in to gherao the house over the coal blocks allocations issue. IAC members Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas, who were protesting outside UPA chief Sonia Gandhi's residence, were detained too. Launching a tirade against the government for the decision to shut...
07:06 AM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Did Anna Hazare abruptly announce the ending of the fast, taking his associates by surprise? The dramatic announcement by Hazare came at 4 pm on Thursday when the activist said he and his aides would end the fast on Friday. It did not come at the end of his nearly 30 minute speech which started around 3 pm but later after his close aides Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi...
08:39 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna is coming under fire not just from the government but also for targetting the police and the media as well. The Delhi Police has issued a notice to Team Anna Member Kumar Vishwas after they found him making provocative speeches against the police. The official of the Additional Commissioner of Police has warned the anti-corruption activists to abide by the undertaking given by them before beginning...
08:20 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday "requested" Team Anna to ensure that speakers at their protest site do not make any "provocative" speeches so that law and order situation in the capital is not disturbed. A senior police official also dismissed allegations by some speakers that security personnel misbehaved with women while they were protesting outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Saturday. "These allegations were false and we have...
08:21 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma said that Anna Hazare is an Army deserter. ...
09:20 AM, Dec 25, 2011
New Delhi: Cracks in the core group of Team Anna are widening and there is growing clamour for the restructuring of the team. Another core team member Dr Kumar Vishwas on Friday publicly dissented. Dr Vishwas wrote to Anna Hazare and called for the existing team to be disbanded and a fresh one appointed in its place. In a letter to Anna, his aide Dr Vishwas demanded the reconstitution of...
04:57 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: Another Team Anna member Medha Patkar said there was a need for "overhauling" the group as it was facing a number of allegations and many members of the Core Committee were being targeted, but denied any rift within. At the same, Patkar said she would not be attending the Core Committee meeting on Saturday, which Hazare and Justice Santosh Hegde have also decided to skip. "I don't think...
02:35 PM, Oct 28, 2011
