Lok Pal Bill: Is BJP Trying to Overtake Anna Hazare

A lot of turmoil pertaining to bringing out a strong Lok Pal Bill is going on in and outside the Parliament. With the UPA government led by Smt. Sonia Gandhi already presenting a draft Lok Pal Bill in the Parliament, team Anna Hazare took to the streets demanding the government to replace it with 'Jan Lok Pal Bill' drafted by the civil society.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi said he would introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill, drafted by Team Anna, as a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday. "I have discussed the issue with the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj. I hope this way I would be able to make a small contribution towards the legislative process. I hope the bill would make powerful people accountable. I am not arguing that this is a perfect piece of legislation but better than anything the nation has seen before. I thought rather than agitating, I would make a small contribution in my own way," Varun said in an interview given to a channel.

On the other hand, Anna Hazare chose to go on a 15 day fast instead of testifying before Parliamentary Standing Committee, which is scrutinizing the government introduced draft bill. In case Varun Gandhi's 'private member' bill is introduced tomorrow, invariably it will also be subjected to the scrutiny by the Standing Committee. If the Standing Committee selects government's bill among the two, certainly BJP would protest the move in support of it's member. The issue will get transformed into - two sets of Parliamentarians presenting two different sets of bills. Then, what locus standi would Anna and his team will be left with?

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.