




After releasing a campaign pamphlet for the upcoming assembly polls in which Team Anna attacked the Congress accusing it of betraying the country on Lokpal issue, it will be kick-off its election campaign from Haridwar on Saturday.
It's going to be a battle for numbers in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the Lokpal Bill is taken up for be debate and voting in the House. For now it seems that allies like the Trinamool Congress and regional parties like the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will play a crucial role.
While participating in the debate over Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday said that the anti-corruption bill would not end corruption.
At a time when the country is embarking on ambitious power generation programmes, the shortage of coal is expected to impact new capacity addition plans to the tune of 15,000 MW in the current fiscal.
Noted lawyer Shanti Bhushan, who is also a member of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, has filed a contempt petition against former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh in the Supreme Court over the controversial CD that allegedly showed him (Bhushan) talking to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh about fixing a judge for Rs 4 crore.
Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday denied Prashant Bhushan's claim that he was 'prima facie involved' in the alleged CD, which purportedly contained telephonic conversation of eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and him.