Gandhi cap Gandhi cap The Gandhi cap () is a white coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of "khadi". It takes its name after the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, who first popularised its use during the Indian independence movement. Worn commonly by Indian independence activists, it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India. The Gandhi cap emerged in India during the First Non-cooperation movement during 1918–1921. when it became the standard Congress dress as popularized by Gandhi. In 1921, the British government tried to
Anna Hazare for having links with late RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh with whom he worked as a secretary. *Hazare denied any such associations. India's "OPEN Magazine" editorialized that it was "Nonsense" to say Hazare's anti-corruption movement of 2011-12 was apolitical. The op-ed went on to say that the purpose of the movement was that so long as the Congress Party was kept out of power corrupt politicians of any other party could be elected to Parliament. The example of Ajay Chautala (now convicted for corruption) was cited as ""In effect, Anna and his team are campaigning for Ajay Chautala effectively the first