[HumJanenge] Re: Comments on Mr. surendera's Comments

Dear Mr. Padhan,

Thank you for your mail.

As you have mentioned that

"the IAC Team  in their website http://www.lokpalbillconsultation.org/   has sought  suggestions, comments, opinions on Jan Lokpal Bill. Keeping it in view, to suggestion  to IAC,   we the activists, academicians, experts,  lawyers, Civil Society Groups  of Orissa working  under the banner  of "Orissa Against Corruption"  have formed a drafting committee  headed by Justice Choudhury Pratap Kumar  Misra, retired Judge, Orissa High Court in which Mr. Chitta Behra is the member."

In this case Mr. Bahera should has mamde the suggestion directly to the IAC instead of airing the same in the public forums and in a manner that is criticle to the ongoing initiatives. I don't think it is proper way to do it. Rather it seemed that he is just playing in the hands of those who are bent upon to stop the JLPB, at any cost. You see how important is the timing and the presentation.

If the message goes to me is wrong, you may imagine how the ordinary people will think about the civil Scoiety. How it is being belittled in their eyes.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Pradip Pradhan <pradippradhan63@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Mr. Surendera Bhanot

I came across your mail  on Chitta Behera's critique  on Jan Lokpal Bill  terming it  as misinformation. To justify it, you have also written that " as no body contributed, suggested or participated in drafting the JLPB while it was in the drafting stage. Now when it is on the negotiating table, every body is making comments to suit their own convenience. By doing so we are strengthening the hand of only those who are interest in not having this legislation at all." 

In fact, this is not true.  During drafting stage, the IAC team  has neither  invited any public opinion nor organised  any  consultation  on Jan Lokpal Bill. If it had been so, you could have got the opportunity  to give our comments on it. Secondly, the IAC Team  in their website http://www.lokpalbillconsultation.org/   has sought  suggestions, comments, opinions on Jan Lokpal Bill. Keeping it in view, to suggestion  to IAC,   we the activists, academicians, experts,  lawyers, Civil Society Groups  of Orissa working  under the banner  of "Orissa Against Corruption"  have formed a drafting committee  headed by Justice Choudhury Pratap Kumar  Misra, retired Judge, Orissa High Court in which Mr. Chitta Behra is the member. Mr. Behera  is a  social activist as well as lawyer  and expert  on RTI  and gives guidance to activists  on legal issues. In a state level seminar organised at Bhubaneswar on 23.4.2011, the members presented  their views and raised  issues relating to rough drafting of Jan Lokpal Bill. In Orissa common question  is also haunting  everybody who has drafted  this Bill. Is it an individual or a team. If it is a team  who are these people. So that we can directly interact with  them  to bring changes  in the draft.

Very soon, we are planning  to synthesize   all  the comments  and   send the final recommendation  for changes in Jan Lokpal Bill. 

It is good  that  you have written to IAC Team  to clarify  on the issues raised  by  Mr. Chitta Behera. we have  also  directly  sent  these comments  to IAC Team.  Till yet, they have not come out with clarification not even posted in IAC website.

Regards
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
Member of Orissa Against Corruption.

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