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Home › Views › Day's Debate › Is pressure on Google, FB govt’s covert op to counter Anna effect?

Is pressure on Google, FB govt’s covert op to counter Anna effect?

Akash Deep Ashok | January 17 2012

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Google India and Facebook have sought to invoke the right to freedom of speech and expression before the Delhi high court and contended that a casual approach by a magisterial court had unjustifiably put them in the dock. The magistrate had on December 23 issued summons to 21 websites for allegedly committing offences of criminal conspiracy, sale of obscene books and sale of obscene objects to young persons.

Sometime ago, the telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) had put a firm foot down on the bulk SMSes, a move which seemed to have been taken in the aftermath of the India Against Corruption’s mass mobilisation through SMSes and the social networking sites.

Are these moves part of the UPA government’s covert operation to counter the Anna Hazare effect?

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Lokpal is a covert op to promote Forward caste hegemony over BC/SC/ST/Minority communities in India.
90% of corrupt money is with the Forward caste.
(2011)
Black Money in Swiss banks = $1.4 trillion (FC)
Goa mining scam = $700 million (FC)
Noida Corporation farm land scandal = $40 million (SC)
Bellary mines scandal = $3.2 billion (FC)
BL Kashyap EPFO Scam = $118 million (FC)
Hasan Ali Khan = $8 billion (MC)
ISRO-Devas = $300 million (FC)
Cash-for-votes = $715,000 (FC)
(2010)
2G spectrum scam/Radia Tapes = $6.9 billion (BC)
Adarsh Housing Society (FC)
Commonwealth Games = $15.5 billion (FC)
LIC Housing Loan scam = $200 million (FC)
Belekeri port = $12 billion (FC)
Lavasa = $80 million (FC)
Uttar Pradesh Food Grain = $44 billion (BC)
APIIIC = $2 billion (FC)
IPL Cricket = $8 billion (FC)
(2009)
Madhu Koda = $800 million (SC)
UIDAI = $1 billion (FC)
Vasundhara Raje land scam = $4.4 billion (FC)
(2008)
Satyam = $1 billion (FC)
(2006)
Scorpene Deal = $10 million (FC)
(2005)
Oil-for-food programme (Natwar Singh) = $10 billion (FC)
(2004)
Gegong Apang PDS = $200 million (ST)
(2003)
Taj corridor = $44 million (SC)
(2002)
Kargil Coffin (MC)
(2001)
Ketan Parekh = $200 million (FC)
Barak Missile = $200 million (FC)
Calcutta Stock Exchange = $2 million (FC)
(1997)
Cobbler scam = $214 million (FC)
Sukh Ram = $5 million (FC)
SNC Lavalin = $10 million (FC)
Advani Hawala = $18 million (FC)
(1996)
Bihar fodder = $211 million (BC)
C R Bhansali = $200 million (FC)
(1995)
Telgi scam = $4.46 billion (MC)
(1992)
Harshad Mehta = $800 million (FC)
(1989)
Bofors = $400 million (FC)
(1971)
Nagarwala = $1 million (FC)
Haridas Mundhra = $10 million (FC)

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