Rss And Anna

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  Forget 56-Inch Chest, Show Some Heart, Opposition Says to PM

  With just a day to go before this session of Parliament ends, the Rajya Sabha or Upper House remained paralyzed today, with the opposition confronting the government over what it described as "an unacceptable agenda" of trying to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism.

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  Cabinet Hopefuls Line Up at Narendra Modi's Doorstep

  Three locations in the capital - the RSS office, Gujarat Bhawan where prime minster to be Narendra Modi is and party chief Rajnath Singh's residence - have been buzzing all day as the BJP finalises the contours of Team Modi at the Centre.

• RSS plays safe on Gadkari, says no soft corner for anybody

  The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is continuing to play safe on Nitin Gadkari, the man it picked to be BJP president and who is now mired in corruption charges that his party can politically ill-afford. The BJP's parent body said at a meeting in Chennai that it had "no soft corner" for anyone and no different yardstick on corruption.

• Anna Hazare makes it into CIA's Factbook

  Anna Hazare and his organisation -India Against Corruption - has made it into the American spy agency CIA's World Factbook as a political pressure group in India, joining the league of RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and the Hurriyat Conference.

• Congress, Team Anna engage in slugfest over RSS links allegations

  With less than 24 hours to go before anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare goes on a three-day fast and the Parliament reconvenes to discuss the Lokpal Bill, the slugfest between the Congress and Team Anna, largely on Twitter, continues.

• Team Anna vs Congress: Gloves off over alleged RSS links

  With less than 48 hours to go before the Lokpal debate starts in Parliament, the gloves are off between Team Anna and the Congress. Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today launched yet another attack on the anti-corruption crusader over his alleged links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

• Digvijaya Singh calls Sri Sri Ravi Shankar the BJP's Plan C

  Digvijaya Singh has given new expression to his theory that civil society activists who accuse the government of a disinterest in checking corruption are being exploited by the opposition BJP and its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).

• Anna replies to Digvijaya, says absolutely no links to RSS

  Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has sent a length letter to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh. In his seven-page note, written in Hindi, Anna responds to the charges Mr Singh leveled against him in an open letter sent to the Gandhian earlier this week. Mr Hazare refutes charges that the right-wing RSS has backed his movement against corruption, ...

• Get well soon, says BJP to Digvijaya

  Digvijaya Singh is ill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared Wednesday as it hit out at the Congress leader for his comments on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) backing Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement and stressed that the support was neither new nor hidden.

• Anna dismisses RSS claim, Congress says we told you so

  An RSS statement claiming that it was part of Anna Hazare's movement today snowballed into a controversy with the Gandhian dismissing the claim and the Congress saying it has given a lie to his claim of being non-partisan.

• Is RSS working hard for affiliation with Anna?

  Since the government agreed to Anna Hazare's three must-have powers for the new Lokpal or anti-corruption agency, the activist ended his fast and Team Anna has been publicly praising the Prime Minister. The Manmohan Government's relief is not shared by the Congress. The grand old party is worried about the manner in which the Rashtriya Swayamsevak ...