Sonia Gandhi Voted the Loser, Varun Hero

For the Lokpal heroes section, it said, “These Lokpal heroes went out of their way to support a strong Lokpal.” The five names given were independent MP, Rajeev Chandrasekhar; BJP MP, Varun Gandhi; Congress MP, Praveen Singh Aron; Congress MP, Sandeep Dikshit and Telegu Desam Party Leader, Chandrababu Naidu. “A staunch supporter of the Jan Lokpal bill, he offered to introduce Jan Lokpal as a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha if the government would not do it,” said the website about Varun Gandhi who was voted the favorite in Lokpal issue.

The function had many prominent social figures talking about the issue of corruption and about the need for a strong anti-corruption law. Jagdeep Chhokar, founder trustee, Association of Democratic Reforms ADR; Arvind Gaur, Core committee Member, India Against Corruption; Kamal Jaswal, Director, Common Cause and Anupama Jha, Executive Director, Transparency International, India Chapter spoke at the event.