Saturday, April 20, 2013

Re: [IAC#RG] Work for change

Sawal hai ki kisko vote de?
Bjp communist etc ke pass Bhi to koi neta nahi hai.  Kiske bharose rahein hum.

A M  Deshmukh
chartered Accountant

On Apr 20, 2013 10:21 PM, "Vijay Verma" <vijay.pti@gmail.com> wrote:
अब ये हमें सोचना है कि  इन जैसे नेताओ को झेलते रहे या फैसला करें की अपने बीच  से ऐसे संवेदनशील, जुझारू और देशभक्त लोगों को खोज कर सत्ता की बागडोर सौंपे जिससे देश के कम से कम मूलभूत  सुविधाओं की कमी महसूस न हो !

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[IAC#RG] PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: DoPT's new Guidelines on suo-moto disclosure.

To:
JS(ATA)/DoPT

Kind Attn: Mr. Manoj Joshi

cc: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net

21-April-2013

Sir

I refer to the RTI Guidelines on suo-moto disclosure. I have carefully noted that these are stated to be based on the proceedings of the Task Force of May 2011 which allegedly included some civil society representatives.

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02rti/Suo_moto_disclosure-15042013.pdf

It seems all my several objections and public grievance made to you and your predecessor Mr Rajiv Kapoor that the so-called members of civil society organisations of the May 2011 Task Force are bogus and/or fake persons hand-picked by Ms. Aruna Roy (NAC/NCPRI) to push through a foreign financed transparency agenda, have been ignored / overlooked / not considered.

Let me reiterate for your benefit a few of my objections which were not considered while issuing these guidelines :-

1) NCRPI was meant to send 1 representative, they sent 3 (Mr. Venkatesh Nayak, Ms Rakshita  and Mr. Nikhil Dey).

2) Satark Nagrik Sangathan is a dummy constituent of NCPRI operating out of a small "scooter garage" measuring 4' x 6' of a DDA flat.

3) JOSH is another constituent of NCPRI, as is MAGP, which is closely associated with NCPRI.

4) "IT for Change"'s connection to NCPRI is unclear

On the other hand there is no dearth of civil society organisations working for RTI which openly disagree with and are not connected to NCPRI and who ought to have been represented.

I would therefore request you to kindly acknowledge my instant grievance and immediately recall your impugned Guidelines. In the alternative I would be left with no alternative but to complain against the officers who allow such blatant lobbying by Ms Aruna Roy to take place for extraneous considerations, and I would do so publicly.

PS; for your ready reference the text of one such complaint I made to Mr. Rajiv Kapoor by email on 9.June.2011 is appended below, and I hope the same was taken into consideration while formulating  these guidelines

Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
India Against Corruption

B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024
Tel: 011-24334262

<text of email of 9.6.2011>

"To:
Mr Rajeev Kapur
Joint Secretary (ATA), DoPT/GoI

CONFIDENTIAL

Sir

SUBJECT: Concerning section 4 RTI Act Task Force

1) I thank you for the courtesy extended to me when I visited your office today in connection with my grievances regarding PG and RTI matters and consequent perception / accusations of impropriety ./ dishonesty. I am very concerned that no wrong / false accusations are made / perceived to be made.

2) For your ready reference, I am listing a few initial concerns of mine on the OM for composition of the Task Force for section 4 RTI Act implementation, and on which OM public comments are invited.

A) That many (perhaps all) of the 5 NGOs selected for the Task force seem to be hollow / fake organisations, none of which could be located by me in the NGO database maintained by the Planning Commission of India [http://ngo.india.gov.in/ngo_search1_ngo.php] having over 35,000 duly registered VOs / NGOs. It is pertinent that the Planning Commission requires a valid address and copy of the Incorporation Certificate of the NGOs for listing on the website, which further leads me to suspect that some or all of the 5 NGOs are unincorporated or having other deficiencies in their particulars / place of business.

B) That I was informed that some of the "fake" NGOs on the Task Force are demanding that they be "reimbursed" for expenses allegedly incurred by them instead of accepting grants / contracts as funding for their Task Force obligations. I apprehend that such demands will expose your Department to fresh accusations of corruption and money laundering, especially since no tenders (or other transparent procedures) have been followed to select these NGOs. I would humbly suggest that the financial systems / accounting processes / balance sheets of the concerned NGOs be properly assessed before any funds are released / reimbursed to them. It would not be out of place here to mention that I am given to understand that until very recently Mr Shailesh Gandhi (Central Information Commissioner) continued to jointly operate funding systems of the NCPRI running into lakhs of rupees despite the fact that Mr Nikhil Dey is ostensibly the.NCPRI convenor.

C) That many of the NGOs / representatives who attended the first meeting of the Task Force appear to have no verifiable expertise concerning non-compliance / implementation of section 4 of RTI Act. For example Mr Nikhil Dey, Ms Aheli Chowdhury, Ms. Pankti Jog, IT for Change etc have not filed any appeals / complaints at the CIC whatsoever (as per CIC website),  and so the average observer (hard pressed to know what other expertise they possess in this field) would trust that the DoPT would proactively arrange that the concerned NGOs detail their expertise in the field citing the appeals / complaints in which they are parties concerning section 4 implementation before the Information Commissions, and which could be disseminated via the website of the DoPT.

D) That there are many expert individuals who are domain experts in the practical problems of section 4 delivery and access. These persons can be easily located from public domain resources such as the decision database of the Central Information Commission or through their prior correspondence / RTIs to the DoPT etc. In my view such affected / expert individuals would be a far better resource to be directly tapped to determine the problems / ambiguties, if any, with section 4 RTI Act, and I am certain (as I know many of them) that they would share their knowledge freely / without charge if properly invited / requested instead of merely asking them to comment on minutes of meeting involving NGOs / CSOs.

E) That my close reading of the OM constituting the Section 4 Task Force shows that it specifically excludes the citizen stakeholders (ie. the statutory clients) from its participatory purview. In the circumstances it would be irregular to expect that aware individuals actively involved in RTI would voluntarily participate in a policy formulation process which deliberately excludes them (except as a token formality / afterthought) and which instead includes ersatz substitutes in their place.

f) There is also the issue of disclosure of information (intellectual property) submitted to the Government in confidence, and whether such submissions in the course of a public consultation / adversarial process can be unilaterally disclosed to private persons / NGOs in the absence of a pre-disclosed policy which prevents plagiarism / IP theft by NGOs / CSOs / other stakeholders. That this is a serious issue is evident from the CIC decision in "CIC/WB/A/2007/00731/LS dt 17.03.2009" titled "Rajinder Singh versus MoUD" where the CIC held that the MoUD could only disclose my pleadings in a court case available with the MoUD to my co-Petitioner Mr Rajinder Singh once the case was finally decided so as to protect my 3rd party rights. The question of whether such submissions / pleadings in this case can be disclosed during the course of adverserial proceedings is very complex and is also the subject of a pending SLP 30152/2010 in the Supreme Court where I am the 2nd Respondent, and for  which SLP the DoPT has consented to allow the Attorney General of India to represent the CIC against me. The linkage of the impugned decision to section 4 disclosure / repeated non-compliance is clear from page 5 of the following document [http://rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/WB-01062009-04.pdf]

G) That notwithstanding the above, I shall certainly submit my own views / experiences on section 4 issues which the Task Force is dealing with and on the expectation that it will be fairly considered

Yours faithfully

Sarbajit Roy

B/59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024

Tel : 09311448069 "


Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"

Dear Ravi

Where is the "corruption" element in not having a Uniform Civil Code ?

1) the Const of India has listed UCC in the Directive Principles of State Policy (saying it is highly desirable but cannot be enforced). The courts have also said the same repeatedly.

2) It is only due to the tolerance of Mughal emperors like Jahangir (whose mother was originally a Hindu) that Hindus were allowed to have their own civil law during Muslim rule - or have you forgotten that ? The British carried on with that policy by adding Christians to the list of persons allowed their own personal law.

3) IAC's position is very clear since 1924.  If Muslims want 4 wives for their males (this is a gross over-simplification) then let them have it   How does it affect you ? Similarly nobody is forcing you to eat Kutha meat nor can you force a Muslim through law to eat Jhatka. In fact if having 4 wives is so very good for Muslims then more Hindu males will start demanding it for their own community. Let there be hearty and organic union (marriages) between Hindus and Muslims when all the good things of each community are exchanged between them.

Sarbajit

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Ravindran P M <raviforjustice@gmail.com> wrote:
Mr Deepak Verma

If you do not see corruption in not enacting a Uniform Civil Code, a sine qua non for a society truly ruled by law, then you can definitely opt out of any discussion on corruption. It is my opinion that all rules must be neutral-gender, religion, community, region etc wise. The specifics in any case will have to be considered by courts which should have judges of impeccable integrity, competent, transparent in their dealings and accountable.

regards

ravi


Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"

Mr Deepak Verma

If you do not see corruption in not enacting a Uniform Civil Code, a sine qua non for a society truly ruled by law, then you can definitely opt out of any discussion on corruption. It is my opinion that all rules must be neutral-gender, religion, community, region etc wise. The specifics in any case will have to be considered by courts which should have judges of impeccable integrity, competent, transparent in their dealings and accountable.

regards

ravi


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Deepak Verma <deepakmohan.verma@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't get this discussion on Defination of Hindu. Our main motive is
to fight against CORRUPTION and we are arguing in definations and
reading something like number of children per family. and we called it
a IDEOLOGY of IAC, I mean just cut the crap please. If I am not wrong
then Our main agenda is to fight against curruption not just finding
same defination which ,might, create some religion differences in
society.

OR If any one can please justify that where is the Corruption thing is
coming in this discussion then it would be better to understand.


On 3/28/13, Varun Khajuria <khajuria.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> For god sake dont term "Bharat" Ram hanuman shiva as mythological if u want
> to use these terms for sanatan dharm then use these terms for other beliefs
> also dont be a hypocrate
>
> Thanks
>
> Varun
> On Mar 24, 2013 2:29 PM, "Navnith Krishnan" <navkris@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sarbajit,
>>
>>
>> You will agree with me that the word Hindu and India are both derived
>> from
>> the word Sindhu.The Persians  used to broadly refer to those living
>> around the River Sindhu as Hindus.Since the river Sindhu or Indus is in
>> Pakistan,by your theory is it not a fallacy to call our country as India?
>> Ofcourse,Bharath is based on the mythological figure,Bharatha,who was a
>> great Emperor.But this name is recognized by the Constitution of
>> India,perhaps to highlight our great cultural heritage.We have enough
>> issues already,so why waste time splitting our hairs about India and
>> Bharath.Let both unite us.
>>
>> With regards to number of children,it is not a question of two children
>> per man or per woman. Why Muslims are allowed to have a separate personal
>> law in a so called cecular democracy..Why should they be allowed to
>> practice poligamy.Rajiv Gandhi did the biggwest blunder by getting the
>> constitution amended to deny a poor Muslim woman alimony.Her rights as an
>> Indian citizen was thus denied.Perhaps BJP is the only party demanding
>> common civil code.******
>>
>> *navnith*
>>
>> **
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:18:54 +0530
>> From: sroy.mb@gmail.com
>> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>>
>> Dear Navnith
>>
>> IAC is extremely focussed on 3 and only 3 words which are "India",
>> "Against", and "Corruption".
>>
>> The BJP and Aam Aadmi Party etc is not at all concerned about "India"
>> they
>> are only concerrnd about some mythical and non-existent "Bharat". The
>> only
>> party which makes mention of India is the 'Indian" National Congress (and
>> we all know how Indian that party is. So please rest assured that IAC
>> will
>> eventually define "India" in a UNIFYING way which truly makes every one
>> who
>> shall remain in our movement very happy and proud..
>>
>> Once everyone in IAC becomes an "Indian" (as agreed and accepted) , we
>> shall unleash the power of  AGAINST. because that needs hardly any
>> definition.
>>
>> On population control, a simple question you can assist IAC on:-
>>
>> If a monogamist Hindu family is ever limited to 2 children by law, should
>> the family of a polygamist Muslim with 4 wives be limited to 2 children
>> or
>> 8 children ?
>> ,
>> Sarbajit
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Navnith Krishnan
>> <navkris@hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> Dear Sarbajit,
>> Good, you are in the process of defining and clarifying IAC's ideological
>> issues.Perhaps it may make IAC more focussed rather than making it a
>> platform for members to comment on every issue under the sun.
>> But do you think 'black money' and 'population control' are divisive
>> issues which should be frozen?.Do you think corruption is a 'meaningless'
>> issue?It looks more like Congress 'ideology'.
>>
>>
>> *navnith*
>>
>> **
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:02:57 +0530
>> From: sroy.mb@gmail.com
>>
>> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>>
>> Dear Major Sarwara etc.
>>
>> IAC is now is the process of defining and clarifying certain ideological
>> issues, and to see thereby which organisations can work with IAC and vice
>> versa.
>>
>> This is not the old IAC where "all good people"  came together on the
>> simplistic (and meaningless) issue of corruption, and which old IAC
>> collapsed under the weight of its own ideological and egoistical
>> contradictions.
>>
>> This IAC's platform and agenda  is going to be clear, and its stand on
>> various issues , including *religion which is a fountainhead of
>> corruption in India and is deeply embedded in our political and economic
>> culture*, will be consistent.
>>
>> IAC is determined to get as many of the troublesome and divisive issues
>> frozen before we move forward with our campaign.  Religion is only one of
>> them, "black money" is another, "population control" is a third etc etc.
>>
>> We are also encouraging everyone to leave IAC who is not prepared to
>> endure this painful learning process, or who has sympathy for the ways of
>> the old IAC and its past leaders.
>>
>>  I'm sorry to be so blunt, but its better to be disillusioned now than to
>> be disillusioned later.
>>
>> It is also a mark of how seriously HRA takes this process that I am
>> personally tasked for answering all queries so that there is as little
>> deviation as is possible, and since the time with us is so very short.
>>
>> Since our public list is open, vario0us outside entities are "pinging"
>> apolitical IAC through the maliing list to see what we now are and where
>> we
>> stand and where we are going.
>>
>> Sarbajit
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:16 PM, <vartika.journalist@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Everybody please pay attention to what Major D S Sarvana Very rightly
>> said
>> ..
>> Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sarwara.super@gmail.com
>> Sender: indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net
>> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:12:52
>> To: <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
>> Reply-To: sarwara.super@gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>>
>> Uf!what crap going on in IAC,every one is trying to show their knowledge
>> to others on matters not concerned with IAC platform.Useless sub being
>> discussed except corruption.Is deviation planned by   vested
>> interests?......Major D S Sarwara
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
>> Sender: indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net
>> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:11:46
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Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"

IN RE OUR "ASMITA" AND HINDU IDENTITY....

HELLO EVERYBODY,



Over a period of time, a lot has been discussed about Hindu, Hinduism
and Hindu identity etc. forum.

Kindly read this argument with an open mind.

In Delhi, there was a death in my neighbourhood about a decade back.
Seeing a tent in front of a house, I had asked an old acquaintance as
to what happened? "A Hindustani died", pat came the answer. I was
shocked for a moment and asked him what did he mean by a "Hindustani"
and if he was not a "Hindustani". This old man was emphatic in his
answer saying "I am not a Hindustani". "Aap ko to asli meaning pata
nehin nan", he said. Curious, I asked to know more about it from him.
He said "people of low caste earlier were being referred to as
Hindustani".

Now, let us see what is the meaning of Hindu. Somebody has suggested
on this forum that the original word was from Persian language. Kindly
have a look at the meaning of word Hindu in Persian language. I am
sure you will get the meaning as "black, uncivilised, irreligious
etc".

Some historians say that Hindu word has been derived from Sindhu as
Aryans, who came from Persian side, could not pronounce Sindhu and Sh
was pronounced "Sh" as "Hh". Then Persia should have been pronounced
as PERHIA and not Persia. Now I put a question, is there any language
in the world at any part where the S" or Sh" is silent? It cannot be.
Because such a sound emerges when two sets of teeth in your mouth
crash with each other or tongue hits roof your mouth. There was a
senior IAS officer who had argued with me in Delhi that in Assamese
language, S remains silent. I said Hiteswar Saikia (former Chief
Minister of Assam) should have been called as Hitehwar Haikia.
Rubbish, is not it?


To the best of my knowledge, no historical account does support any
theory that the word is Hindu has been derived from Sindhu. But I
cannot say how such a rubbish argument had entered into the history
book.

Let us go back to 11th century. When Mamood of Ghazni had come to
attack Somnath temple (1015-1028 AD), his army had taken on the local
fighters calling the latter as Hindus. This is for the first time the
term Hindu was referred to by Alberuni, a traveller who had
accompanied Mahmood.

According to B R Ambedkar, the foreign invaders had for the purpose of
identifying non-muslims had called the Indian natives as Hindus.
Indian natives during the six hundred year's Muslim rule were to pay
Zijiya tax and therefore identified as Hindus being non-Muslims.

Hindu has never been referred to as a religion in the history, not has
it been referred to a great glorious culture in any of the ancient
text of India. A friend of mine, who has great allegiance to RSS
ideology, had asked me " what is our religion?" My view was, like in
western world, the faith system has been Christianity and Islam in
Arabian countries, India's faith has been "dharma". Religion is not
the English translation of word "Dharma". Dharma is the name of our
faith system. The beauty of this faith system is what ever comes out
of its contradiction again becomes a part of it. Budhism came out of
the faith system and again became part of it, Jainism came out of it
and against became a part of it. We do not consider Sikhism being out
of our faith system. We called Budha an incarnation of god. Even to
bring and end to hostility between Muslims and Non-Muslims, the Bhakti
movement had ushered in Dargha culture. So in Indian faith system
Dharma, there is no place of hatred. It is an ocean of love. Let us
not name it as Hinduism and give a contour to it. I feel, the great
Indian faith system had a name for thousands of years as Dharma.
Naming the faith system as Hinduism is a great disservice to our
Dharma.

Let us abide by our Dharma. It is all endearing, encompassing and
widest possible term of describing what we are and what we should be.
Our faith system Dharma is secular. I think Indian faith system
Dharma, not Hinduism, would help demolish the walls of hatred between
faith systems which have evolved primarily to keep the human behaviour
on the rails.

(MY INTENTION OF WRITING THIS PIECE IS NOT TO HURT ANY BODY. I WROTE
THIS KEEPING IN VIEW A GREATER NATIONAL INTEREST AS BHARAT IS ALSO A
HOME TO CRORES OF MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS. THERE ARE NO ENEMIES OF THIS
SOIL. LET US KEEP OUR INDIAN IDENTITY PARAMOUNT ABOVE OUR OTHER
IDENTITIES. '" LOVE YOUR NATION. BE A GOOD CITIZEN. THERE LIES THE
ANSWER.

With love

Biraja Mahapatra

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:18 PM, subash bahl <bahlsubash@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see many post from well meaning persons trying to give suggestions for
> taking the nation forward with least amount of conflicts and people living
> in harmony. IT IS AN UTOPIA. We cannot wish away the sway RELIGION has over
> the people. Also our society has not yet got over the divides caused by
> CASTE and CREED Way forward may be evolved by wide discussions among various
> religious heads instead of only the HINDU's just foregoing their identity
> without others showing any indication of any matching move.I am proud to be
> a HINDU following SNAAATAN DHARMA and worshipping IDOLS as physical
> representation of various devis and devtas .
> I am retd defence officer with 35 years of service during
> which We practised SARVDHARMA and APOLITICAL working. I have studied various
> religions wherein I have found many similarities. But in civil life I have
> seen that pamphlets circulated by some religions advocating superiority of
> their religion over others.Such ONE UPMANSHIP does not facilitate harmony
> and peace.Unless all mutually evolve a way forward, nothing worthwhile is
> going to happen.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Dr. NC Jain <j_nc2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree . Let us be called as Indian rather than Hindu, Muslim, etc.
>> Dr N C Jain
>> 17-4-13
>>
>>
>> From: Sant Mathur <santmathur@gmail.com>
>> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>>
>> every time a new topic of discourse begins,it may be prudent to see
>> how directly(and not through some circuitous manner) is it related to
>> the core objectives of the forum.Meandering and criss-cross dialogues
>> could hardly serve a good,much less great purpose of the forum.Every
>> one is,at the end of the day,back to square one.
>> spmathur
>>
>> On 3/29/13, Vijoy Ambasta <vijoy.ambasta@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear Fellow countrymen
>> > Let us all define our Indianness instead of a Hindu, Christian, Muslim
>> > or
>> > Sikh. Let us define how an Indian needs to behave or live amicably
>> > across
>> > the length and breadth of the country. Let us get over parochialism and
>> > regionalism what is good for India has to be good for all areas. When we
>> > can use one currency , have one Armed Forces for the country, one
>> > national
>> > anthem, one national flag & emblem why do have any alternatives any
>> > where.
>> > Let us stop talking on the terms of religion or caste which will only
>> > cause
>> > our downfall as we have watched for over 50 years.
>> > ABOVE ALL LET US ALL TAKE PRIDE IN OUR INDIANNESS.
>> > Vijoy Ambasta
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Deepak Verma
>> > <deepakmohan.verma@gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't get this discussion on Defination of Hindu. Our main motive is
>> >> to fight against CORRUPTION and we are arguing in definations and
>> >> reading something like number of children per family. and we called it
>> >> a IDEOLOGY of IAC, I mean just cut the crap please. If I am not wrong
>> >> then Our main agenda is to fight against curruption not just finding
>> >> same defination which ,might, create some religion differences in
>> >> society.
>> >>
>> >> OR If any one can please justify that where is the Corruption thing is
>> >> coming in this discussion then it would be better to understand.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 3/28/13, Varun Khajuria <khajuria.v@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > For god sake dont term "Bharat" Ram hanuman shiva as mythological if
>> >> > u
>> >> want
>> >> > to use these terms for sanatan dharm then use these terms for other
>> >> beliefs
>> >> > also dont be a hypocrate
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >> > Varun
>> >> > On Mar 24, 2013 2:29 PM, "Navnith Krishnan" <navkris@hotmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Dear Sarbajit,
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You will agree with me that the word Hindu and India are both
>> >> >> derived
>> >> >> from
>> >> >> the word Sindhu.The Persians used to broadly refer to those living
>> >> >> around the River Sindhu as Hindus.Since the river Sindhu or Indus is
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> Pakistan,by your theory is it not a fallacy to call our country as
>> >> India?
>> >> >> Ofcourse,Bharath is based on the mythological figure,Bharatha,who
>> >> >> was
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> great Emperor.But this name is recognized by the Constitution of
>> >> >> India,perhaps to highlight our great cultural heritage.We have
>> >> >> enough
>> >> >> issues already,so why waste time splitting our hairs about India and
>> >> >> Bharath.Let both unite us.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> With regards to number of children,it is not a question of two
>> >> >> children
>> >> >> per man or per woman. Why Muslims are allowed to have a separate
>> >> personal
>> >> >> law in a so called cecular democracy..Why should they be allowed to
>> >> >> practice poligamy.Rajiv Gandhi did the biggwest blunder by getting
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> constitution amended to deny a poor Muslim woman alimony.Her rights
>> >> >> as
>> >> an
>> >> >> Indian citizen was thus denied.Perhaps BJP is the only party
>> >> >> demanding
>> >> >> common civil code.******
>> >> >>
>> >> >> *navnith*
>> >> >>
>> >> >> **
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ------------------------------
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:18:54 +0530
>> >> >> From: sroy.mb@gmail.com
>> >> >> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dear Navnith
>> >> >>
>> >> >> IAC is extremely focussed on 3 and only 3 words which are "India",
>> >> >> "Against", and "Corruption".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The BJP and Aam Aadmi Party etc is not at all concerned about
>> >> >> "India"
>> >> >> they
>> >> >> are only concerrnd about some mythical and non-existent "Bharat".
>> >> >> The
>> >> >> only
>> >> >> party which makes mention of India is the 'Indian" National Congress
>> >> (and
>> >> >> we all know how Indian that party is. So please rest assured that
>> >> >> IAC
>> >> >> will
>> >> >> eventually define "India" in a UNIFYING way which truly makes every
>> >> >> one
>> >> >> who
>> >> >> shall remain in our movement very happy and proud..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Once everyone in IAC becomes an "Indian" (as agreed and accepted) ,
>> >> >> we
>> >> >> shall unleash the power of AGAINST. because that needs hardly any
>> >> >> definition.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On population control, a simple question you can assist IAC on:-
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If a monogamist Hindu family is ever limited to 2 children by law,
>> >> should
>> >> >> the family of a polygamist Muslim with 4 wives be limited to 2
>> >> >> children
>> >> >> or
>> >> >> 8 children ?
>> >> >> ,
>> >> >> Sarbajit
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Navnith Krishnan
>> >> >> <navkris@hotmail.com>wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dear Sarbajit,
>> >> >> Good, you are in the process of defining and clarifying IAC's
>> >> ideological
>> >> >> issues.Perhaps it may make IAC more focussed rather than making it a
>> >> >> platform for members to comment on every issue under the sun.
>> >> >> But do you think 'black money' and 'population control' are divisive
>> >> >> issues which should be frozen?.Do you think corruption is a
>> >> 'meaningless'
>> >> >> issue?It looks more like Congress 'ideology'.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> *navnith*
>> >> >>
>> >> >> **
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ------------------------------
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:02:57 +0530
>> >> >> From: sroy.mb@gmail.com
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dear Major Sarwara etc.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> IAC is now is the process of defining and clarifying certain
>> >> >> ideological
>> >> >> issues, and to see thereby which organisations can work with IAC and
>> >> vice
>> >> >> versa.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This is not the old IAC where "all good people" came together on
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> simplistic (and meaningless) issue of corruption, and which old IAC
>> >> >> collapsed under the weight of its own ideological and egoistical
>> >> >> contradictions.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This IAC's platform and agenda is going to be clear, and its stand
>> >> >> on
>> >> >> various issues , including *religion which is a fountainhead of
>> >> >> corruption in India and is deeply embedded in our political and
>> >> >> economic
>> >> >> culture*, will be consistent.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> IAC is determined to get as many of the troublesome and divisive
>> >> >> issues
>> >> >> frozen before we move forward with our campaign. Religion is only
>> >> >> one
>> >> of
>> >> >> them, "black money" is another, "population control" is a third etc
>> >> >> etc.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We are also encouraging everyone to leave IAC who is not prepared to
>> >> >> endure this painful learning process, or who has sympathy for the
>> >> >> ways
>> >> of
>> >> >> the old IAC and its past leaders.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm sorry to be so blunt, but its better to be disillusioned now
>> >> >> than
>> >> to
>> >> >> be disillusioned later.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It is also a mark of how seriously HRA takes this process that I am
>> >> >> personally tasked for answering all queries so that there is as
>> >> >> little
>> >> >> deviation as is possible, and since the time with us is so very
>> >> >> short.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Since our public list is open, vario0us outside entities are
>> >> >> "pinging"
>> >> >> apolitical IAC through the maliing list to see what we now are and
>> >> >> where
>> >> >> we
>> >> >> stand and where we are going.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sarbajit
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:16 PM, <vartika.journalist@gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Everybody please pay attention to what Major D S Sarvana Very
>> >> >> rightly
>> >> >> said
>> >> >> ..
>> >> >> Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> From: sarwara.super@gmail.com
>> >> >> Sender: indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:12:52
>> >> >> To: <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
>> >> >> Reply-To: sarwara.super@gmail.com
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Uf!what crap going on in IAC,every one is trying to show their
>> >> >> knowledge
>> >> >> to others on matters not concerned with IAC platform.Useless sub
>> >> >> being
>> >> >> discussed except corruption.Is deviation planned by vested
>> >> >> interests?......Major D S Sarwara
>> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
>> >> >> Sender: indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:11:46
>> >> >> To: <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
>> >> >> Reply-To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
>> >> >> Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Definition of "Hindu"
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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Re: [IAC#RG] DoPT's new Guidelines on suo-moto disclosure.

The Hindi version is not up on the DoPT website as yet.
DoPT''s authority doesn't extend to STATE Govts in Bihar Jharkhand.

On 4/20/13, Prodipto Roy <prodipto.r@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to get a Hindi version? English is truly foreign to
> Bihar-Jharkhand officials.
>
> Joya Roy
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Important:
>>
>>
>> http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02rti/Suo_moto_disclosure-15042013.pdf

Re: [IAC#RG] ELECTION COMMISSION UNWILLING TO ACT

The main problem faced by the electorate in India was the use of EVM-s that could be tampered by remote control to add votes to particular candidates. Congress tried the tampering in a few Constituencies in 2004 and succeeded unnoticed and the modus operandi was widely followed in 2009, thanks to Navin Chawla abetting and encouraging such tampering by delaying the counting as in Maharashtra Elections where the EVM-s were stored for 15 days in Nagpur, tampered by remote control and the Congress-NCP combine won comfortably.
 
The various demonstrations of the successful tampering of EVM-s by Hariprasad at U.S. conference attended by several experts, proved how the EVM-s used in India could be tampered. ON RETURN TO INDIA AFTER THE CONFERENCE, HARIPRASAD WAS ARRESTED AT THE AIRPORT FOR "STEALING" THE EVM A GOVT. PROPERTY.
 
Congress has successfully manipulated several constituencies through tamperable EVM-s to get their candidates elected in 2009, the Chidambaram case notably when Collector declared the results, but Navin Chawla ordered two recounts, fresh EVM-s were brought into the counting Centre and added to counting to make him get the majority. The dispute is still pending in Madurai bench of Madras High Court.
 
HOWEVER, PRESENT CEC WHO HAD WITNESSED HARIPRASAD DEMONSTRATING TAMPERABILITY OF EVM-S AT HYDERBAD MEET, COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AS CEC-3 AS NAVIN CHAWLA CLOSE TO CONGRESS WAS CALLING THE SHOTS. BUT NOW, AS CEC-1, SAMPATH COULD IMPLEMENT THE PAPER TRAIL TAMPER-PROOF METHOD OF VOTING AND HAS SUBMITTED TO THE SUPREME COURT THAT EVM-S WITH PAPER TRAILS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED AND TESTED, READY FOR BULK MANUFACTURE AS AN ACCESSORY ATTACHED TO EVM-S.

...Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't.  You cannot shirk this and be a man.  To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.  ~Mark Twain
 
Hari K Prasad
Hari Prasad is one of a kind hero who is passionately interested in bringing transparency, verifiability and accountability in the voting proves in India.  Election results in 2009, ground realities, pre-election results, complaints from voters, and few opposition leaders statements raised few eyebrows to prompt Hari Prasad to look into the security and integrity of the Electronic Voting Machines. Having a background in the security systems in the computer technology, he realized that there is a potential to tamper the EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) that may compromise the election results. If one has to protect democracy where every body's vote is counted, the officials at the helm have to make sure that there is a method in place to recount the votes so that suspicion of tampering with the EVMs is eliminated. Further more efforts have to be made that the EVMs are designed in such a way that they cannot be hacked to change the voting count.
 
In May 2010 Prasad had appeared on a TV channel in Hyderabad and demonstrated how an EVM could be tampered with. In his demonstration, Prasad claimed a small component (chip) could be replaced with a lookalike and instructed to silently steal a percentage of votes in favor of a chosen candidate. In his interview, he alleged the machine could be rigged up to enable a device, such as a mobile phone, to tamper with the machine and track it. Prasad claimed a pocket-sized device could be used to change votes stored in EVMs between the elections and counting of votes.
 
Hari Prasad Arrested
The Police arrested Hari K Prasad, the technical coordinator of VeTA (Citizens for Verifiability, Transparency and Accountability in Elections) on the allegation that he stole an EVM from Mumbai. According to the police, the EVM was stolen from godown number 21 in Old Customs House in south Mumbai in April, following which a police complaint was registered. The question being asked is whether an attempt by Hari Prasad to play the role of a whistle blower proving that EVMs can be tampered can be termed as theft.
Denying that he had stolen the EVM, Hari Prasad said, "Someone came to me and asked me to show how an EVM could be tampered with." He said he handed back the machine to that person within 3-4 hours after showing him how to tamper with it. This was filmed and telecast on a private news channel, he added. "We deliberately displayed the EVM number on the television in order to show that the original machine was tampered with. Until that time, ECI had been claiming that their EVMs were in safe custody," he said.
Satya Dosapati
Satya Dosapati who is equally passionate to protect the democratic principles in India started an organization entitled "Save Indian Democracy" (SID) in USA.  Satya has been working with Hari Prasad, has reacted sharply to the sudden turn of events. Had this happened in the US, Hari Prasad would have been a hero since they would have accepted that he was only trying to fix a flaw in the system, says Satya Dosapati a key activist with Save India Democracy. In this interview, Dosapati speaks about Hari Prasad's arrest and the need to replace the EVM technology since it will only lead to more rigged elections (please visit his website for complete details: http://saveindiandemocracy.wordpress.com/)
In Feb 2010, Save Indian Democracy based in US took the best international experts Dr. Alex Halderman from US (Michigan University Computer Security research professor who hacked US EVMs and did work for CA state on US EVMs), Rop Gongrijjp from Netherlands (who was instrumental in banning EVMs in Netherlands after 2 decades of use) and Dr. Till Jaeger from Germany (attorney who argued the German Supreme Court case that banned EVMs in Germany) to India and held different conferences and addressed media.
Save Indian Democracy headed by Satya Dosapati consults with team of professionals on a regular basis across the World.  He work closely with VeTA (Citizens for Verifiability, Transparency and Accountability in Elections whose members include Hari Prasad of Net India who recently went on Indian TV showing tamperability of EVMs, GVL Narasimha Rao, a psychologist who wrote the book on EVM  "Democracy at Risk," VV Rao of NGO Jana Chaitanya Vaidika who filed lawsuit in Supreme Court, Omesh Saigal IIT Delhi alumnus and retired IAS official who challenged ECI about vulnerability of EVMs, Satinath Chaudhary who filed lawsuit with Supreme Court,  Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Supreme Court attorney and several others such as Rahul Mehta who showed ways that elections can be manipulated and Ajay Jagga an attorney very active on raising EVM issues.  There are several other activists such as Hanuman Chaudhary, Sameer Jalnapurkar, Jagadish Setty, Kirit Somaiya and others who are working to raise the consciousness of the country on the danger of using stand-alone EVM machines, which many countries are discarding.  Our work complements the work of those like Dr. Subramanian Swamy who is pursuing this issue legally.
 
NRIs have the rare opportunity to strengthen and protect DEMOCRACY in INDIA
 
We request all NRIs to look into implications of the flawed EVMs and how they can be hacked to change the count. We all need to support the movement to ban the existing EVMs and replace with verifiable EVMs with paper trail so that the integrity of the democracy is maintained. The famous author Mark Twain describes India as 'the cradle of the human race' and 'birthplace of human speech.'  William Durant declares 'India was the motherland of our race' and 'Sanskrit the mother of European Languages.' Voltaire and Schlegel are convinced that everything has come down to us from the river Ganges. In fact Max Muller declares that 'the Vedas are the oldest book in existence and carries us back to times of which we have no records anywhere.' All these achievements are due to the freedom and independence enjoyed by the great Rishis and our forefathers. Irrespective of party affiliation, every individual's vote should be counted.
 
There is indeed a close connection between religious beliefs of a people and their system of government. According to Madan Lal "Absolutist religions give rise to absolutist regimes and pluralistic religions give rise to pluralistic regimes."  
             
Realizing the gravity of the consequences, most of the parties met with the Election Commission of India in October 2010.  Most parties seemed to favor the creation of a 'paper trail' in addition to the EVM system. They felt this would inspire more confidence in voters. In fact, both winners and losers should have confidence in the election process.
 
Hari is Honored with the prestigious PIONEER Award
On October 19, 2010, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced four winners of its 2010 Pioneer Awards: one of them is e-voting researcher Hari Krishna Prasad Vemuru, who was recently released on bail after being imprisoned for his security work in India.
 
"Hari Krishna Prasad Vemuru is a security researcher in India who recently revealed security flaws in India's paperless electronic voting machines. He has endured jail time, repeated interrogations, and ongoing political harassment to protect an anonymous source that enabled him to conduct the first independent security review of India's electronic voting system. Prasad spent a year trying to convince election officials to complete such a review, but they insisted that the government-made machines were "perfect" and "tamperproof." Instead of blindly accepting the government's claims, Prasad's international team discovered serious flaws that could alter national election results. Months of hot debate have produced a growing consensus that India's electronic voting machines should be scrapped, and Prasad hopes to help his country build a transparent and verifiable voting system."
 
The award ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m., November 8, at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Author, blogger, and digital rights activist Cory Doctorow will host. A VIP event with Cory and the Pioneer winners -- as well as EFF founders, board members, and other luminaries -- will begin at 6:30 p.m.
 
Hari's US tour details – Please attend his lectures
Save Indian Democracy (SID) and Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) invite you to attend the lectures in the following centers. Please encourage all your friends and relatives to attend.  The Venues for the lectures are being selected as you read this email. We will notify them soon.
 
Let us stand up for dharma and freedom, let us save Indian Democracy.                                                                
Oct 27th & 28th, Edison, NJ; Meeting with lawmakers (Frank Pallone, Chivukula etc)   Satya  Dosapati (732-939-2060), Rameshji (732-423-8291), Gunjan Mishra (732-200-5839),        
Oct 28th (Thu) Princeton, NJ: lecture at 4pm, Dr. Alex Halderman (609-558-2312) 
Oct 31st (Sun) Edison, NJ; Community Program; Contact: Satya Dosapati (732-939-2060), Gunjan Mishra (732-200-5839), Ramesh Yalamanchili (732-423-8291)            
Nov 3rd (Wed) Bay Area, CA Google Lecture, Google headquarters; Dr. Alex Halderman (609-558-2312)              
Nov 4th (Thu) Bay Area, CA U.C. Berkeley Guest Lecture ;Dr. Alex Halderman (609-558-2312) UC Berkeley                         
Nov 8th (Mon) San Francisco, CA; Receive PIONEER award conferred by EFF (Dr. Alex  Halderman (609-558-2312); Mr. Jim Tyre; 111 Minna Gallery, 111  Minna  Street, San Francisco, CA                         
Nov 12th (Fri)Boston  MIT Event; Dr. Alex Halderman (609-558-2312)            
Nov 14th (Sun) Atlanta, GA Atlanta Event; Vinay Boppana (248-842-6964),  Pavan Neti   (630-338-9364) Amitabh Sharma (248-434-7480), Dhiru Shaw (770-664-8779), Subhash Razdaan (770-333-9781)                                    
Nov 15th (Mon) Atlanta, GA; Meet Jimmy Carter Center; Dr. Dill, Satya Dosapati (732-939-2060)                                                                
Nov 17th (Wed) Ann Arbor; University of Michigan lecture Dr. Alex Halderman (609-558-2312) University of Michigan                         
Nov 19th (Fri) Detroit  Community Event at Detroit Prasad  & Vinay                           
Nov 20th (Sat)  Chicago; Community Event at Chicago; Prasad Yalamanchili 630-418-1122), Madhu Patel  (847-699-8800), Amarji (847-226-4929)           
Nov 21st (Sun)Dallas Community Event at Dallas; Venue to be decided           
V. V. Prakasa Rao (601-918-7111); Ram Yalamanchili (214-663-6363);  Rajesh Veerapaneni (773-704-0405); Krishna Athota (214-912-3724
Gopal (214-868-7538); Kalyan Viswanath (614-668-1668);
For further details, please visit: 
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Satya Dosapati (732-939-2060), V. V. Prakasa Rao, PhD, 601-918-7111 (cell), 601-856-4783 (home); Prasad Yalamanchi (630-832-2665; 630-359-5041), Vinay 248-842-6964: Srinivas  Murthy  212-538-8716: Dr. K. R. Venkatramaiah (Canada) 416-925-8167. Nemana Satya 732-762-7104, Sekhar Reddy 954-895-1947, Tulasichand Tummala  408-786-8357,  Raju Polavaram 919-959-6141; Pavan Neti 630-338-9364.  
Jun 12 2012
Amritsar man held for bid to 'hack' EVM
Chitleen K Sethi Posted online: Tue Jun 12 2012, 00:51 hrs
Chandigarh : The Punjab police is probing an alleged bid to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) outside some polling booths in Amritsar during the municipal corporation elections held in the state yesterday.
The police have set up a technical team to conduct the inquiry and the returning officer has recommended a repoll in the four booths concerned.
Police found cellphones and several laptops from a person rounded up from near the booths. Said Amritsar Police Commissioner R P Mittal: "It's too complicated. It's a state election commission issue. We cannot say at this stage if the hacking was successful or not."
The EVMs used in these elections are the ones used during parliamentary and assembly polls. Some Opposition parties have alleged the machines are not foolproof but the EC has several times reiterated that all checks and balances are in place.
 On Sunday, the complainant, Raj Kumar Jolly, an SAD candidate from ward 3, told the police that the alleged hacker, operating from a small photo studio, created a wireless network outside the polling station and was monitoring activity in the booths using hidden cameras. He alleged that the hacker was able to infiltrate the system. Mittal along with ACP Harjit Singh rushed to the spot and arrested the alleged hacker. The result of the polling stations have been withheld.........
 
From: S.D. Sharma <anonsharma@yahoo.com>
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] ELECTION COMMISSION UNWILLING TO ACT

Dear Sarabjit

Have you got any reply from T.S.Krishnamurthy. As he and Lyngdoh were the original brains behind the rigged EVMs racket it will be interesting to read his exact views on Negative Voting and Neutral Voting and if he has denied that EVMs can be rigged. His Saibaba reply is an evasion. All those madrasis ECs were Saibabaists, but T.N.Seshan was certainly the worst of the lot.

SDS

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Navin

I would like to inform you and our other members that I am presently in an email discussion with Mr  T.S.Krishnamurthy, former CEC concerning electoral reforms in the context of an email sent  by one of our subscribers Mr. S D Sharma referring to the ECI's 5.July.2004 D.O. on electoral reforms.

I had conveyed to Mr. Krishnamurthy the sum and substance of Mr. S D Sharma's email

https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/indiaresists/2013-03/msg00082.html

<excerpt>
"Dear Sarbjit

In 2004 the Election Commission had sent a letter to the PMO listing 8 or 10 points for urgent electoral reform. One of these was Negative/Neutral voting. The Hindustan Republican Association had submitted over 1,200 representations asking for the Negative voting as you have described.

The then CEC T.N Krishnamurthy was a pliable fellow who is great believer in Saibaba philosophy. It was arranged that a Writ Petition was filed in the Supreme Court by the PUCL asking for Neutral voting - ie. the Rule 49 O option. Krishnamurthy then clubbed and obfuscated the Negative Voting and Neutral Voting concepts in his report to make it seem that they are one and the same thing.

The Negative Voting -1 Vote concept has to properly explained to IAC's members so that these operators and fixers like Krishnamurthy, who are still in business, are exposed. "

In response Mr. T.S. Krishnamurthy has replied as follows:-

I am not surprised how misinformation takes place in this country!
I am not T.N Krishnamurthy There were M/s T N Seshan & G V G Krishnamurthy who were ardent Saibaba devotees,not me! I don't how that is relevant to our subject!
It is a pity that we Indians are so gullible & accuse the wrong persons

To which I have responded as follows:-

Could you also address the meat of my  subscriber's grievance (a minor error in initials is not worth quibbling over - for instance Mr S D Sharma did not confuse you with Mr. T.V. Krishnamurthy your co-Director in Victoire Consultants (P) Ltd), namely that in the ECI's D.O. of 5.07.2004 sent to Hon'ble Prime Minister later that month under your signature, at point No. 7 on page 14 the issue of Negative Voting / Right to Reject was brushed aside by referring to a PIL collusively filed by the PUCL, and by confusing it with Neutral Voting or 49-O.

IAC's concerned subscriber apparently takes a keen interest in these matters and had made some further claims about you and Mr. Lyngdoh in a subsequent email about rigging of elections through EVM's. and it would be ideal if the air / miasma  is cleared directly.

And am awaiting Mr. TSK's reply, if any.

Now to your problem,

1) Is the Election Commission bound to take note of your suggestions ? How did you represent to the ECI so that they were compelled to consider your suggestions ?

If I read Mr Venkatraman's email below correctly he clearly refers to UNWRITTEN Powers of ECI purportedly residing / inherent (as per him) in the ECI on a fallacious (as per me) reading of "ensuring free and fair elections".

When read in conjunction with what Mr. T.S.Krishnamurthy sent to the PM on 05.07.2004 at Point #3 "Criminalisation of Politics" or suchlike, it is clear that only the Govt can resolve the problem - either by suitable legislation or by Constitutional amendment(s) and the ECI has no role to play on its own.

Sarbajit

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Navin Pandya <navinpandya1954@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Friends,

Election Commission is not discharging its obligatory duties to strengthen Democracy. It has not responded to my suggestions about Democratic Reforms.

Navin Pandya


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Venkatraman Ns <nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com> wrote:
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                     ELECTION  COMMISSION  UNWILLING  TO  ACT
In response to a submission made to the Election Commission by  Nandini Voice for The Deprived, a Chennai based NGO (www.nandinivoice.org), suggesting  that the Election Commission should use its residual and inherent powers and ban corrupt persons and criminals against whom charges have been admitted in the court from contesting in the election, in its  detailed reply, Election Commission has said vide its letter No. 4/3/2013/SDR/253  dated 22nd March,2013  amongst various points, the following.
"  In matters which are covered by law, the Commission cannot issue directions contrary to the provisions of the law. In view of the clear provisions laid down in the Act regarding disqualification on the ground for conviction for criminal offenses, the Commission cannot issue directions under Article 324 as sought in your letter".
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By way of reply, another submission was made by Nandini Voice for The Deprived to Election Commission on 29th March,2013, stating the following amongst various other points.    
1.        Responsibility  and duty of the Election Commission
In your letter, you have extensively discussed about the terms of the law and interpretation of the law by Supreme Court. But, you have not said anything about your duty and responsibility to ensure free and fair polls as enshrined in the Constitution of India.
As you know, the Election Commission is a permanent Constitutional body and  its status and the people's expectations about the Election Commission are totally different from that of the bureaucracy.  Therefore, the Election Commission has to approach any issue with a far sighted and integrated view , as its  functions and decisions  would have far reaching impact on the destiny of the country.  It should not be satisfied merely by quoting  the provisions of an existing law as interpreted and then refrain from taking any actions  to ensure free and fair elections, pleading helplessness.  This would amount to abdication of responsibility and failing to live upto the expectations of the Constitution makers and citizens.
In short, it can be said that just as the Supreme Court, Election Commission is also the conscience keeper of India.  It has the primary task of fulfilling its responsibility to ensure free and fair elections and it should make utmost efforts to undo any obstacles in the way of fulfilling its responsibility as  enshrined in the Constitution.
2.      Inherent  and residual powers
Given the duty and responsibility entrusted to Election Commission by the Constitution  to ensure free and fair elections, the Election Commission should pass appropriate regulations, which should include  the move to ban corrupt persons and criminals from contesting elections against whom charges have been admitted in the court.   Election Commission would lose its importance   and would not be able to fulfil its responsibility, if it simply thinks that it has been vested  with the  responsibility without authority.
2.        Seek the views of Supreme Court :
If the Election Commission thinks that  it cannot do so due to the earlier interpretation of law and verdict given by the Supreme Court in some other circumstances, then it should straightaway take the matter to the Supreme Court and express its views to it and ask the court to clarify whether the Election Commission can go ahead imposing the ban . Supreme Court would certainly give an opportunity to the Election Commission to explain its view points  and the compelling circumstances.   In all probability, Supreme Court would consider the issue threadbare and give its verdict, according due consideration for the views of the Election Commission , which is a  permanent constitutional body.
4.        What Mahatma Gandhi would have thought ?
Perhaps, Mahatma Gandhi would have thought that the Election Commissioners  should resign  if they would face a situation where they  would  be  unable to  conduct  free and fair polls as enshrined in the Constitution and thus failing in their responsibility, due to reasons beyond their control.
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The reply from Election commission to the above points is still awaited ,with the hope that the Election Commission would show the will to act in the interest of the larger good for the country.
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice for the Deprived
 
 
 
 




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