Anna Hazare Hospitalized: Needs One Month Rest

India Against Corruption crusader Anna Hazare is currently undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Pune. He is suffering from chest infection and doctors advised one month's rest for him. Anna had abruptly called off his three day fast at MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai on 28 December due to ill-health. He was fasting in protest against, in his terms, a 'weak' Lokpal Bill brought out by the Government.

Recuperating from chest infection, Anna has reassured his supporters that his health is improving. "People who thought I am very unwell, it is not like that. I am much better now," he told reporters. "In a few days, I will be alright. Don't worry about me. I request all my countrymen and volunteers not to worry. My health is not that bad," said Anna from his hospital bed in Pune. Doctors too are hopeful but have said it will be at least a week before he recovers.

Anna's ill-health has put his team's plans to campaign against the Congress in the upcoming assembly elections in the five-poll bound states in jeopardy. Key team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has left for pune to meet Anna and decide their further course of action. All meetings of the core group scheduled this week to discuss the team's future plans have been postponed indefinitely.
 

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.