Friends a very heartning gesture on the part of Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade to postpone their fast upto death and join the "Fight against Corruption" movement. We expect that this postponment will be sword hanging on the government to implement the demands raised.
Thanks Justice Kamleshwar Nath Ji
Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade participating in programme
relating to important issues like that at Delhi has been well
conceived & must be appreciated by all.
Regards
Dr JN Sharma
ADVOCATE/ HUMANRIGHTS/RTI ACTIVIST
On 2/4/11, Sarbajit Roy <
sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Message is fwded to HJ as per request of Justice Nath
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Kamleshwar Nath <
justicekn@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:31 PM
> Subject: FW: Press Release
>
> Dear All,
>
> This 'Forwarded' Mail tells about the of events of FAST-UNTO-DEATH on
> 30.1.2011 by mentioned Satyagrahis of Gandhian Satyagraha Brigade.
>
> To Sri Roy, it is in continuation of an earlier E-mail sent by me to him
> just a few minutes ago.
>
> Regards,
> KN
>
> From the Desk of :
>
> Justice Kamleshwar Nath
> Retd.
> : Up-Lokayukta ( Karnataka ), Vice Chairman - C.A.T ( Allahbad ),
> Judge - High Court ( Lucknow & Allahbad )
> Address
> :
> `Gunjan', C - 105, Niralanagar, Lucknow : 226 020. Uttar Pradesh, India
> GANDHIAN SEVA & SATYAGRAHA BRIGADE
> An All India NGO of Gandhian Persuasion, Registered Under the
> Societies Registration Act, 1860
> LAJPAT BHAWAN, LAJPAT NAGAR-IV,
> NEW DELHI - 110 024
>
> February 3, 2011
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> Our five Satyagrahis, namely Sh. Shambu Duttji (93) & Ms R.S. Devi
> (84), Gandhians, who participated in 1942 Quit India movement and were
> imprisoned, and Sh. Murari Lal (90), Sh. Amarnath (89) and Sh E James
> Rajasekaran started their Fast-unto-Death on 30th of Jan. at
> Jantarmantar to demand (i) Appointment of an effective Lokpal,
> repeatedly committed by major political parties, (ii) Disqualification
> of the candidates seeking election to Parliament and State
> Legislatures against whom serious criminal cases are pending (as
> recommended by four Chief Election Commissioners) and (iii)
> Confiscation of illegally acquired property of public servants
> including Ministers, MPs and MLAs & their benami transactions. Through
> out the day, hundreds of people from all walks of life and from
> different parts of the country visited them. Sh Shambu Duttji and
> other Gandhians were requested the whole day for interviews from
> number of journalists and admirers. Renowned journalist Shri Kuldeep
> Nayar also visited Gandhians to extend his wholehearted support for
> the cause.
>
> We are coordinating with 'India Against Corruption' in this crusade
> and the undersigned attended its meetings. Sh Arvind Kejriwal had
> asked us to request the Satyagrahis to postpone their fast which
> started from Jan. 30th since it clashed with their rally to which we
> had expressed our reservation and told them that Satyagrahis' resolve
> would in fact support their cause. Justice Sachar had a talk with
> Swami Agnivesh who told me that he along with Kiran Bedi, Arvind
> Kejriwal, Father Dominique, Teachers from Art of Living, Acharya from
> Baba Ramdev Sect and many others would come to pay respect to these
> Satyagrahis. He further informed that they planned to request
> Satyagrahis to end their fast unto death since they all had resolved
> to pursue the demand for Lokpal Bill with full force and public
> support. In view of this development, I consulted all the members of
> the working committee present at Jantarmantar (namely, Dr. Y.P. Anand,
> Justice Rajindar Sachar, Shri R. Srinivasan, Shri B.R. Lall, Shri R.K.
> Khandelwal, Shri Bhagvanji Raiyani, Prof Jagdeep Chhokar, Dr S K
> Agarwal, Col. Karan Kharb and Shri P.S. Bawa) to know their views
> about our proposed stand in case we were confronted with the situation
> where all the above said persons along with hundreds of their
> supporters made a request to Satyagrahis to break their
> Fast-unto-Death. Every one thought that it would be extremely arrogant
> if we don't agree with their request and for better support to the
> cause it was definitely much wiser to put a joint front with the other
> organisations pursuing the same cause. One member had a different
> opinion but he too was quite concerned about the health of the
> Satyagrahis. Advocate Prashant Bhushan and Justice Tewatia also came
> to Jantarmantar to pay respect to Satyagrahis and they also requested
> them to end their fast. At about 6 pm on Jan. 30, all the above said
> persons along with their supporters came to Jantarmantar and made a
> passionate plea to the Satyagrahis to end their fast. Swami Agnivesh
> told the gathering that since they all had taken up the cause to
> demand an effective Lokpal Bill, the Satyagrahis therefore should not
> continue their fast. Kiran Bedi also made a passionate and forceful
> plea to Shri Shambhu Dutta Ji by saying, ' I am sitting at your feet
> and will not get up till you end your fast'. Shri Shambu Dutt ji
> explained to the gathering how we had been fighting for an effective
> Lokpal and other two demands for the last so many years. He further
> explained the background in which they were forced to undertake the
> extreme step. The undersigned then informed the decision of the
> Working Committee and others to the Satyagrahis to postpone their
> fast. Justice Sachar, other members of the Working Committee, namely
> Dr. Y P Anand Vice Chairman, Dr. SK Agarwal, Sh PS Bawa and Col
> Kharab also personally requested fasting Satyagrahis to postpone the
> fast. Shri Shambu Dutta Ji then informed the gathering that because of
> his love and respect for Swami Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi and others, he
> would postpone the Fast-unto-Death for three months and hoped that
> they would do their best to force the government to present an
> effective Lokpal Bill at the earliest. Hundreds of people from all
> walks of life clapped and welcomed this decision. Swami Agnivesh and
> Kiran Bedi then offered biscuits to the Satyagrahis to break their
> fast. The undersigned thanked all for their support and commitment for
> the cause and the gathering dispersed with lot of jubilations. The
> month long Sataygraha that started on 1st of Jan 2011 with relay
> hunger strike finished at Jantarmantar with a firm resolve to carry
> forward the struggle with more zeal and gusto. The next morning the
> undersigned briefed the GSSB Chairman Justice Kamleshwar Nath who
> appreciated and approved the proceedings held on 30th Jan.
> Ashok Arora
> Hony General Secretary, GSSB
>
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