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TopicAnna Hazare

Topic: Anna Hazare

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.

From Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption stage, Sisodia & Jain now in jail. Here’s what other campaigners are up to

When it was launched in 2011, the Anna Hazare campaign — with its key demand for a Jan Lokpal — caught the imagination of lakhs of Indians and drew people from all walks of life.

Anna Hazare slams Delhi liquor policy, says Arvind Kejriwal ‘drunk on power’

The activist Tuesday wrote a letter to Kejriwal for the first time since he became CM and said it pained him to read reports about the AAP government’s new excise policy.

‘Amrit Kaal’ is here for some, and why no one is paying attention to Anna Hazare this time

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

More than Wang Yi’s remark, India should worry about the proposal for a new island nations’ forum

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Why Yogendra Yadav believes Anna movement inadvertently helped Modi’s rise

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Was supporting AAP a historic blunder? An apology and a question to Congress: Yogendra Yadav

Pawan Khera accused me of helping BJP’s rise through Anna movement. It would take a lazy mind to imagine that all was well with the India story before Anna.

Irresponsible of BJP and Anna Hazare to seek reopening of temples when Covid R-value is above 1

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On 10th anniversary of Lokpal movement, Arvind Kejriwal has let down those who believed in it

If only Arvind Kejriwal could learn from his own success of the Lokpal movement, the AAP’s project wouldn’t be such a non-starter.

Don’t laugh at Anna Hazare. He was himself the victim

Anna Hazare wants to recreate the good old days when he almost became the modern-day Mahatma. Cut him some slack, because he was just Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘puppet’.

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Economist DR Pendse’s 7-point plan to cut expenditure & control budget deficit

Revenue generation is not the answer for us. In fact, it aggravates the malady. We must concentrate on curbing expenditure, wrote DR Pendse in 2000.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.