New Delhi: Activist Anna Hazare has advised India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal to focus on one issue rather than target one leader every week. However, he says that though he may differ with Kejriwal's methods to fight corruption, but their objective is the same. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Anna says Kejriwal should take every issue to its logical conclusion instead of gunning for a leader every week.
Earlier, Kejriwal on Friday promised an internal Lokpal to look at charges against members of IAC. "We are not trying to shield anyone or protect anyone. We will set up an internal Lokpal, so we have requested the most eminent and credible judges for this probe. We have referred these cases to them. On Monday, we'll formally send a letter to them and let them decide whether anyone is guilty," Kejriwal told CNN-IBN.
In fact, the IAC on Friday announced a probe by its 'internal Lokpal' of three retired judges to investigate charges against Prashant Bhushan, Anjali Damania and Mayank Gandhi. Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah and retired judges BH Marlapalle of Bombay High Court and Jaspal Singh of Delhi High Court have been named the three ombudsmen for Arvind Kejriwal's yet-to-be named party and the cases of these three will be presented before them by Monday.
Announcing the probe, Kejriwal said they will have to quit the party if the allegations are found true. "If any member is found guilty of any illegal or immoral activity
07:54 AM, Oct 20, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. The crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines on Friday extended its lockout till October 23. Meanwhile, a case was registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. ...
11:37 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: With India Against Corruption (IAC) activists coming under the scanner for suspicious land deals, the organisation's head Arvind Kejriwal has promised an internal Lokpal to look into the charges. Having hit media headlines by targeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari in acts of alleged corruption, IAC member Anjali Damania now finds herself under the scanner. She finds herself being accused of making windfall gains by selling...
11:09 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Having hit media headlines by targeting BJP president Nitin Gadkari in acts of alleged corruption, Maharashtra social activist Anjali Damaniya on Friday found herself under the scanner. She was accused of making windfall gains by selling farm land, which she allegedly acquired from poor farmers at cheap rates and then sold it at exhorbitant rates after getting it changed to non-agricultural. While the India Against Corruption has called for an ...
11:08 PM, Oct 19, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. ...
10:12 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday launched a sharp attack on anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal. The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh wrote a strong worded letter to the India Against Corruption (IAC) member calling him "a self serving ambitious megalomaniac man". Hitting out at the activist-turned-politician, the Congress leader said, "You are a self serving ambitious megalomaniac with scant regard for democracy." Digvijaya also had an...
08:00 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Dismissing all allegations by former IPS officer YP Singh claming that Arvind Kejriwal was not producing evidence against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, the activist-turned-politician on Friday reiterated that he and India Against Corruption (IAC) were not shielding anyone. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal also defended fellow activist Anjali Damania, accused in a land deal, saying, "We cannot pronounce Anjali guilty, let there be an investigation...
06:47 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has promised action over the allegations against key members of India Against Corruption (IAC). The group has assured that an internal investigation will be started into allegations against activists Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. Gandhi and Damania also addressed a press conference assuring full cooperation in the probe even as the Congress questioned the "internal Lokpal probe". According to a statement released...
05:04 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) members Mayank Gandhi and Anjali Damania on Friday said that they were ready for an investigation against them into the allegations they are facing. Addressing a press conference, Gandhi and Damania welcomed the internal probe of the IAC against them and assured that they would answer all the questions posed to them. "All those against whom allegations have been leveled, including me and Anjali...
03:32 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that it was wrong to say that IAC hid evidence against Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. "We are very selective because we are very responsible," Kejriwal said. He also said that he cannot expose a minister till he has strong evidence against him. "We are taking the issues where we have proof, it is wrong to say...
01:49 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Stung by allegations against his associates, India Against corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has indicated that he will take action. The IAC has said that it will start an internal probe into allegations against Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. IAC said the allegations will be probed by three retired judges. Kejriwal's associates, particularly Anjali Damania has been charged with having profited from a land deal, a charge...
01:20 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit back at India Against Corruption member Anjali Damania, releasing a letter written by the activist to the Maharashtra irrigation department. In the June 2011 letter released by BJP, Damania says that the location of a proposed dam coming up in Kondhane-Karjat be shifted by about 500 to 700 metres so that 30 acres of her property would not get submerged. In...
01:19 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) member Anjali Damania, who on Thursday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari had refused to help her when she approached him in connection with the Maharashtra irrigation scam involving top Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders, has refused to apologise to the Opposition leader after he sent her a legal notice. "He can do whatever he wants. I will not apologise," Damania,...
01:30 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Mumbai/Surajkund: An RTI activist has alleged that Nitin Gadkari did not want her to pursue the irrigation scam in Maharashtra, a charged dismissed as baseless on Thursday by the Bharatiya Jnaata Party (BJP) president who slapped a legal notice accusing her of defaming him. RTI whistleblower Anjali Damania claimed that when she met Gadkari in Mumbai the BJP chief said he would not take a stand on irrigation scam since...
09:08 PM, Sep 27, 2012
India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari over claims by his fellow activists that the Opposition leader and a party MP, Ajay Sancheti, were involved in the Maharashtra irrigation scam that involves key Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders like Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Sharad Pawar, a Congress ally. IAC activist Anjali Damania claimed on Thursday that Gadkari reportedly refused ...
06:41 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Mumbai: After the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also feeling the heat over the Maharashtra irrigation scam now. India Against Corruption activists are pointing fingers at BJP President Nitin Gadkari alleging that he didn't help their efforts because of his proximity to Sharad Pawar. IAC member Anjali Damania claimed that she met Gadkari thrice, but he refused help as he did not want to disappoint...
11:50 AM, Sep 27, 2012
