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Eminent social worker Anna Hazare on Saturday May 29, 2010 said he felt like an orphan after the demise of GP Pradhan, who was instrumental in helping create a pressure group during various agitations. Hazare visited Sane Guruji Hospital in Hadapsar and offered his tribute to the departed socialist leader who passed away on Saturday morning. Pradhan's close friends Rambhau Tupe, Mohan Dharia, Bhai Vaidya , Baba Adhav, ND Patil, Kishor Pawar, Narendra Dabholkar, Subhash Ware, Madan Bafna and Kapil Patil offered their tributes to the departed soul. Many politicians, including chief minister Ashok Chavan, expressed their condolences. Hazare said it was Pradhan who backed him during the Right To Information (RTI) campaign and did not hesitate to mobilise support for the movement. He said Pradhan held a unique authority by the virtue of his character and values and was always a lighthouse for all the activists in various movements. Socialist leader Bhai Vaidya recalled that Pradhan at ...

Pune: Freedom fighter, veteran socialist leader and self-less politician Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan (87) passed away on Saturday May 29, 2010 morning after prolonged illness at Sane Guruji Hospital in Hadapsar area of Pune. His body and eyes were donated as per his last wish to Sumatibai Shah College of Ayurveda in Hadapsar. Pradhan was suffering from pneumonia for some time and was admitted to hospital. He was on saline since May 21 and due to dehydration his health deteriorated in the last two days. He was feeling breathless and died at 5.05 am on Saturday morning. Pradhan had donated his house in Sadashiv Peth for Sadhana Trust and had shifted to Sane Guruji Hospital since June 23, 2004. Secretary of the hospital Anil Gujar informed that he used to reply to all the letters till October 2009 after which his health deteriorated. Pradhan wanted to visit Late Baba Amte’s Anandvan and stay there for some time but could not do so. Pradhan was influenced by noted socialist leaders Late N G...

Bhubaneswar, March 22, 2010: The Lok Shakti Abhiyan( LSA), Orissa which has consistently brought out all kinds of violations of established laws of the land by Vedanta Alumina in Lanjigarh for the last 4-5 years and the Samajvadi Jan Parishad (SJP) together have condemned the undemocratic, unconstitutional, anti-tribal and anti-nature attitude of the Nabin Pattnaik government which continues to cover up crimes committed by Vedanta despite the facts that government appointed teams have brought out serious allegations against the erring company. Sri Prafulla Samantara, President,LSA and Sri Lingaraj, National Secretary, SJP have called for immediate action against all those involved in the crimes committed by Vedanta. It was Sri Samantara’s petition which had brought the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Apex Court’s Forest Bench to investigate into allegations of violations by Vedanta in which the administration was party to the crime at all levels starting from the office of...