Posts Tagged parliament
Defying & Challenging the Supreme Court
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on May 1, 2013
The corruption scam in allocation of coal blocks to private entities by the ministry of Coal, Government of India, when the Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh held the charge of the coal ministry was first detected by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India more than a year ago. The loss to the exchequer estimated […]
Be Honest On Assam & The North East
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 9, 2012
What do you call a government that tells lies to its own people? Honourable? Or you sensitize them, pray to them to tell the truth and demand answers if they go into cowardly silence? Assam is burning and the Government of India has betrayed a resolute negation of the ground realities in the parliament this […]
The Complicate Web of Corruption
It is now almost a year since the Transparency Revolution under the leadership of Anna Hazare gathered steam. It received tremendous public support. The success of this revolution itself became its biggest enemy. The whole political class felt threatened. Its political implications became crystal clear to them after the field experience in an election, where […]
Police, Executive or the Parliament?
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on September 8, 2011
Who must take the decision to declare the war against terrorists in India-the police or the Executive or the Parliament? What has been done to the worst terrorists apprehended so far? Has the police not completed the investigation and chargesheeted them and the courts awarded them the death penalty? Has the process been completed? It […]
Judicial custody to MP in Cash for Vote case
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on September 6, 2011
The court has sent to judicial custody one sitting Member of Parliament and two former Members of Parliament today. The case relates to the inducement and seduction of opposition MPs to vote for the government in July 2008 vote of confidence in the parliament. Three members of the opposition brought to the Lower House or […]
Cricket Now A Commercial Activity, Admits Minister
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on September 4, 2011
The Indian Finance Minister has informed the parliament that the BCCI (The Board of Control for Cricket in India) had been enjoying income tax exemption earlier. In the financial year 2007-08 the income tax exemption was withdrawn. Reason? The sports Body is no longer promoting cricket as a charitable activity and is now primarily a […]
Appeal To Shri Anna Hazare
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 27, 2011
Anna has achieved more than I, an ordinary member of the civil society,had expected! He has succeeded in making the parliament take notice of the devastating effect corruption was having on the aam aadmi life and conduct a genuinely serious analysis and consideration.I have been glued to the TV for several hours now and […]
Parliament’s Appeal To Anna To End Fast
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 25, 2011
What a wonderful unity of the sense of the House! We salute the Institution called parliament. However, we can’t forget the faces of corruption, crime,and cruelty occupying the holy premises of the House! Had our MPS been men and women of the highest moral character and integrity, there would have never arisen any need for […]
Gandhi To Gaddafi
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 23, 2011
The world has seen change brought about by leaders of immense vision. One such personality to lead the change was Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi or simply Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation for the Indians. The history of the world since 1939 to 2010 seemed to advocate the power of the […]
Anti-Corruption Movement’s First Victory Over Corruption
Posted by M.L Gupta in Current Affairs on August 17, 2011
Less than 12 hours registered the first victory of the movement of the civil society led by Anna Hazare over corruption. The government of India , who were hesitant to introduce an effective legislation to appoint a national Ombudsman to deal with corruption cases against all manner of authorities, but were determined to kill the […]