Anna Wins The Battle - To End Fast Tomorrow

Fasting anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's three demands have been agreed upon by thge Parliament unanimously, leaving no place for voting on the debate. Both Houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, after debating for over eight hours adopted the 'Sense of the House' by thumping desks on Saturday in a special sitting. 

Anna Hazare was conveyed 'Sense of the House' through Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Hazare, who has been on a fast since August 16 demanding a strong Lokpal to fight corruption, will break his fast at 10 AM on Sunday. "Parliament has spoken. The will of Parliament is the will of the people," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. There was no formal voting on the demands, only a thumping of desks. Anna will break his fast on Sunday. "It was a Sense of the House in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha which was reflected in thumping of desks by members. On the basis of Sense of the House, we can request Hazare to end his fast," said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

The discussion came to an end after more than eight hours of debate on the Lokpal Bills in which 27 speakers participated in the Lok Sabha, with many of them delivering stirring speeches and acknowledging Hazare's agitation bringing the issue of corruption to the centrestage. Law Minister Salman Khurshid said that it was a unanimous resolution that was passed by both the Houses. "No body wanted to vote on it, no body asked for it," said Khurshid.
 

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.