Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Civil rights activists against stalling of Parliament

Civil rights activists against stalling of Parliament

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Aug 28, 2012   modified Modified on Aug 28, 2012
-The Times of India

With the political logjam stalling key legislative business, civil rights activists feel that Parliament should be allowed to function to ensure that the government is held accountable.

MKSS head and RTI activist Aruna Roy said that while the issue of corruption was important, Parliament should be allowed to run. "Corruption is a huge issue but there are other laws which will protect people's lives and cub corruption. Political parties must ensure that Parliament functions and then hold people accountable. We still need more information from the government and Parliament should ensure that government answers specifically and clearly," she said.

National Campaign for Protection of People Right to Information (NCPRI) member Anjali Bhardwaj pointed out that both the whistleblowers (protection in public interest disclosures) Bill 2010 and the right of citizens for time-bound delivery of goods and services and redressal of their grievances Bill 2011 had been through several discussions and debates, but continue to be pending before Parliament. Pressing for an early passage of the bill, the group plans to establish an alliance to act as support group for whistleblowers who are often victimized by authorities themselves.

Affirming this at a jan manch organized by NCPRI with Accountability Initiative and others, RTI user and whistleblower Mangla Ram spoke about how he was beaten up by the sarpanch and his supporters till he broke 12 bones. He spent six months in hospital but cannot walk straight. "I had filed RTIs related to payments under the Indira Awas Yojna which exposed the sarpanch and he took his revenge," said Ram, who hails from Barmer in Rajasthan.

Similar sentiments were echoed by Bikaner resident Rawat Ram who sought information on the logbook use by the local SHO. "I found that whenever we went to complain the thanedaar would say he could not come to inquire because he did not have a vehicle and demanded that we provide him transport. His official vehicle was being used to ferry his children," Rawat Ram added describing how he was implicated in a false case that took him five years and Rs 5000 to get rid off.

However, with BJP stalling the House over coalgate and pressing for PM Manmohan Singh's resignation, there appears to be little hope for these whistleblowers.

The Times of India, 28 August, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Civil-rights-activists-against-stalling-of-Parliament/articleshow/15857257.cms


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close