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While the Jan Suraaj may be the latest to bite the dust, there have been other parties that created a strong buzz but failed to succeed at the hustings such as actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam, which drew a blank in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly polls. Going forward, all eyes are now on the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), founded last year by actor-turned-politician Vijay. The debacle of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party in the Bihar assembly elections has put the spot ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the reported move made by the Office of Lokpal to initiate the process of purchasing seven BMW 330 Li (Long Wheel Base) luxury cars for its use. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the reported move made by the Office of Lokpal to initiate the process of purchasing seven BMW 330 Li (Long Wheel Base) luxury cars for its use. Chidamabaram asserted that even Supreme Court judges are provided modest sedans and fu ...Read More >
New Delhi: Trinamool and other opposition parties criticised anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on Wednesday after it floated a tender to procure seven 'luxury' BMW cars.In a post on X, Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale said, "Lokpal's luxury. Annual budget of India's Lokpal is Rs 44.32 crore. Now, Lokpal is purchasing 7 luxury BMW cars at approx Rs 5 crore for all members. This equals a mere 10%.""Lokpal is supposedly an anti-corruption body. So who will probe the corrupt Lokpal?" Gokhale added ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 22 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday criticised the anti-corruption ombudsman body, Lokpal of India, for reportedly initiating the procurement of seven luxury BMW 330 Li (Long Wheel Base) vehicles, saying that the anti-corruption body has become a "jokepal". Referring to the tender for the purchase of high-end foreign cars, Chaturvedi questioned the rationale behind the decision, especially when Prime Minister Narendra Modi continue ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The opposition on Wednesday hit out at anti-graft ombudsman Lokpal after it floated a tender to procure seven luxurious BMW cars, saying the guardians of integrity are chasing luxury over legitimacy. The Congress took a dig at Lokpal over the tender, saying it is not Lokpal any longer and is more of a "shock pal" and "shauq pal". Speaking with PTI, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said there was a false narrative created against the Manm ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The seven-member Lokpal has drawn attention by floating a tender to procure seven BMW 3 series cars for its members at a cost of Rs 5 crore. The development drew comments on social media but judicial circles pointed out that the proposed purchase of cars for the ombudsman -- headed by retired Justice A M Khanwilkar of the Supreme Court -- is in accord with the perks that judges of SC and high courts enjoy.While the chairman of the Lokpal is selected from a pool of retired chief justic ...Read More >
Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, in his latest book, argues that Pranab Mukherjee should have been made Prime Minister in 2012 instead of Manmohan Singh, who was then recovering from health issues. IMAGE: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, ex-President Pranab Mukherjee, and former PM Manmohan Singh at an event in New Delhi, November 14, 2019.Photograph: ANI Photo Aiyar believes this would have prevented the "paralysis of governance" and "doomed" any prospects the Congress might have had ...Read More >
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