Anna Hazare raises questions on AAP election funds

November 19, 2013

New Delhi, Nov 19: Social activist Anna Hazare has once again completely disapproved the electoral path of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and asked through a letter whether the party is using funds collected for Lokpal Movement in the election campaign.

The mentor of the AAP leader has also queried whether the party is still collecting funds in his name.anna

A hurt and upset Kejriwal on Monday, with Prashant Bhushan and Manish Sisodia, hurriedly called a press conference to release Anna’s letter and his response to it. He demanded a thorough investigation into the charge by Justice Santosh Hegde or a person carrying similar image.

“If Justice Hegde finds any instance of defalcation in the finds of the Jan Lokpal Movement or its use for the party, I will withdraw my candidature from the Delhi Assembly elections,” Kejriwal said in his reply to Hazare.

Kejriwal also said if no wrongdoing is found in the probe, Hazare should come to canvass for the AAP.

He has rushed trusted associate and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas to Ralegan Siddhi carrying his reply to Hazare, whom he termed as his “guru”.

Kejriwal, in his letter to the noted activist, has clarified that no funds collected for the Lokpal Movement are being used for elections and also his name is not being used in elections either for canvassing or collecting funds.

Kejriwal said whatever had been collected for the Lokpal Movement was spent for it .

The money collected could not be used for elections as it would be a violation of Income Tax laws. Already facing an inquiry by the Union Home Ministry over allegations of collecting funds from abroad in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, AAP leaders said an open investigation should be conducted to settle the issue forever.

“There have been a number of investigations into the funds of India Against Corruption (IAC) and organisations run by its activists, including that of Manish Sisodia’s Kabir. We have come clear of all the charges related to funds,” said Prashant Bhushan.

In his reply, Kejriwal expressed his pain over the question raised by the social activist and reminded him of the sequence of events related to the audit of the funds collected for the Jan Lokpal Movement and said that accounts had been checked at his instance and discussed in the core committee meeting of India Against Corruption, which had spearheaded the movement. The reply reminded him that his own team had gone into the accounts.

He also clarified that Hazare’s query on the assertion of the AAP that it would pass a Jan Lokpal Act at Ramleela Maidan and said that it would be state level law limited to Delhi. “Vested interests are posting wrong information to Anna,” said Kejriwal.

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April 16,2020

New Delhi, Apr 16: South Delhi District Magistrate Brij Mohan Mishra on Thursday said that the administration is investigating how the pizza delivery boy contracted the coronavirus.

"In the last 15 days, we discovered houses he had delivered food. We contacted people living in 72 houses and they have been asked to stay in-home quarantine. No symptoms have been seen in people related to him. 

Testing of his roommate has been done and his reports are awaited. The rest of the people don't have any symptoms, they have been placed under institutional quarantine. Those in-home quarantines are also asymptomatic," Mishra said.

"Unless a positive case comes, we feel that transmission has not taken place. The boy told us that he was continuously wearing a mask while delivering the food. We are also finding out how he got infected. We are getting the information about the places he visited for delivery. He was tested on the basis of the doctor's advice. Later, he tested positive," he said.

72 families have to stay in home quarantine in the Malviya Nagar area after the delivery boy tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said that 17 other delivery boys linked with the infected person have also been placed under institutional quarantine.

"A pizza delivery boy has been detected with COVID-19 here. 17 other delivery boys linked with him have been placed under institutional quarantine and 72 people have been placed under home quarantine," Jain said.

Food delivery app Zomato said that the staff of the infected person's restaurant has delivered some orders which were placed on its platform.

"We've been made aware today that a restaurant's employee, who has been recently tested positive for COVID-19, had delivered food in the past to a few customers in the Malviya Nagar area in Delhi. All these customers have already been contacted by the govt authorities... We are not sure whether the rider was infected at the time of delivery," the company said in a statement.

Zomato also claimed that colleagues of the delivery boy have tested negative for COVID-19.
"This restaurant had instructed their riders to wear masks and follow strict hygiene to keep customers safe from any unintended mishap.

All co-workers of the said rider have been tested negative. And as a precaution, the restaurant where this rider worked has suspended operations," read the statement.

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January 18,2020

Kanpur, Jan 18: Kanpur has witnessed an Unnao-like incident as the out on bail accused in rape case attack the family members of the victim. The mother of the victim, who later died in the hospital, was brutally attacked by the accused. The accused reportedly attacked the victim's mother and her aunt on January 8.

The actual rape case goes back to 2018 when a group of men abducted a minor girl from her own society. The accused had reportedly raped her and also beaten up her mother.

A video of mother being beaten up reportedly went viral soon after.

The mother of the victim had reportedly filed a complaint against one of the accused for abducting and molesting her daughter two years ago at a tannery falling under jurisdiction of Chakeri police station. The main accused along with five others was booked under section 354 of the IPC (sexual assault of children) and sent to jail. Around two weeks ago, the accused got bail and on January 9 they attacked the deceased and her sister.

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July 25,2020

New Delhi, Jul 25: India reported a spike of 48,916 coronavirus cases on Saturday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 13,36,861 including 4,56,071 active cases, 8,49,431 cured/discharged/migrated. With 757 deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll reached 31,358.

Maharashtra has reported 3,57,117 coronavirus cases, the highest among states and Union Territories in the country.

A total of 1,99,749 cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu till now, while Delhi has recorded a total of 1,28,389 coronavirus cases.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 4,20,898 samples were tested for coronavirus on Friday and overall 1,58,49,068 samples have been tested so far.

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