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Channel 4 News, 23 April 2009

Mr. Advani has been calling Manmohan Singh as the weakest Prime Minister for quite some time. Recently Manmohan Singh, decided to hit back and he reminded the nation about the role of Advani in Kandhar episode, Babri demolition and Gujarat violence. Sonia Gandhi’s response to Advani’s barbs was at deeper level as she called Advani and most of BJP leadership as ’slave of RSS’ (Bidar, Karnataka 15th April) This jolted the BJP leadership which gave some weak mumbled response. BJP-RSS (…)

Metro Morning, CBC, 23 April 2009

From: Lila Thadani Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:28 PM Subject: Please wake up sisters, Nafisa Shah and Busha Gohar To: Nafisa Shah , Busha Gohar
[This letter is being copied (bcc) to Women Activists and members of the press, whom we hope will continue to ask you questions. We are not certain about the correctness of the email addresses of our two parliamentarians. In case the addresses below have been superseded, please forward this letter to the current addresses or send it to them by (…)

Mr. Navin Chawla The Chief Election Commissioner New Delhi
April 24, 2009
Dear Mr Chawla,
Twenty five young activists belonging to Anhad, Aman Samudaya and Urjaghar were attacked by BJP goons on April 20, 2009 in Shastri Nagar, Naranpura, Gandhinagar Constituency, Gujarat. We are enclosing a detailed account of the incident with this letter.
Voluntary organizations, members of civil society, activists, artists, and intellectuals have played a major role in protecting the values (…)