| Sir, The case CIC/AD/C/2010/000144 refers to Shri.VIKAS KUMAR Vs Govt.Medical Store Depot. Kindly provide the correct link,Sir. Regards BINU pETER --- On Fri, 4/15/11, sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Re: [HumJanenge] Re: DISCLOSING LEGAL ADVICE RECEIVED BY CIC
[HumJanenge] Re: petition seeking prosecution of Sonia Gandhi sent to PMO
And this has something to do with RTI or information access ????
Sarbajit
On Apr 17, 3:33 pm, Joshi NM <naishadhjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Excerpts of letter to PMO, seeking sanction against NAC chair person:
> you may pl. verify from your sources about correctness:
>
> 15, April 2011
>
> Dr.Manmohan Singh
> Prime Minister as Sanctioning Authority
> u/s 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988) [PCA]
> South Block, New Delhi.
>
> Re: Sanction to prosecute Ms.Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson (in Cabinet Rank),
> NAC, under Prevention of Corruption Act (1988).
> Dear Sir:
> 1. Ms.Sonia Gandhi MP, wife of the deceased Rajiv Gandhi, was first
> appointed as Chairperson National Advisory Council [NAC] in May 2004. She
> resigned in 2006 but was re-appointed by an Order of the Cabinet Secretariat
> dated March 29, 2010, read with Order dated October 8, 2010 [Annexure 1].
> 2. As per Order of May 31, 2004 [Annexure 2] the Prime Minister's Office
> will provide Central Government funds to meet the expenditure of the NAC,
> and service the NAC for its secretarial needs. Hence she is a public servant
> as defined in Section 2 ( c ) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988).
> 3. You, in your capacity as deemed appointing authority are therefore the
> Designated Authority under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act
> for granting Sanction to prosecute the said Ms. Sonia Gandhi. As you know,
> there are no laches or statute of limitations for prosecuting offences of
> corruption.
> 4. Your Sanction is required by me for prosecuting Ms. Sonia Gandhi on a
> private complaint proposed to be filed by me in the criminal court under
> Prevention of Corruption Act (1988), based on the materials available to me
> (and enclosed with this letter/application) with reference to two issues:
> FIRST ISSUE:
> 5. Ms.Sonia Gandhi holds office which enables her to give direction to
> Government departments and Ministries and also call for confidential reports
> from CBI, and according to the then Union Law Minister, she can even call
> for files [Annexure 3]. She has been as Chairperson of NAC giving directions
> to several ministries and departments.
> 6. It is charged that she obtained for, and colluded with family friend, Mr.
> Ottavio Quattrocchi—an Interpol Red-Corner Noticee & a proclaimed offender
> under Indian criminal law, to obtain for him the pecuniary advantage from
> defreezing of his CBI-frozen account, thus committing offence u/s 13 (1)(d)
> of the PCA, and also conspired with Quattrocchi to enable him to escape
> prosecution in Bofors Gun Purchase scam.
> 7. Bofors scam that occurred in 1986 represents corruption in very high
> places and the key figure in the scam is Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi, the
> Italian family friend and fixer. The then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was
> manipulated by Ms.Sonia Gandhi, his Italian born wife, to abet the crime in
> Bofors gun purchase committed by Quattrocchi against the nation.
> 8. Ms.Sonia Gandhi stationed Mr.Walter Vinci, her brother-in-law, in Sweden
> to influence her husband and then Prime Minister, when on a visit to Sweden
> to finalize the Bofors Deal. Also present in the same hotel was the Italian
> fixer, small arms supplier, and Snam Progetti agent, Mr. Ottavio
> Quattrocchi, [who was hailed as the catalyst in the deal by the CBI in their
> Letters Rogatory documents], and who had in return for a hefty commission
> prevailed on the Prime Minister to sign the deal before March 31, 1986.
> 9. Thereafter when the arm of the law began reaching near him, he escaped
> from India in 1993, then from Malaysia in 2002 via a rigged court judgment
> obtained by collusion with as yet unnamed parties and from Argentina— by the
> CBI fudging the records – all achieved under
> the influence exerted by Ms. Sonia Gandhi under three different and
> consenting Prime Ministers.
> 10. This is further confirmed in the interview conducted by Ranjit Bhushan
> of Outlook magazine [Annexure 4 ] in 1998 with Mr.Sten Lindstorm, the Chief
> of the Investigation Division of Swedish National Bureau of Investigation
> and Special Prosecutor of the Swedish Government into the Bofors payoffs.
> The Swedish National Audit Bureau which he assisted concluded after an
> independent probe that bribes had indeed been paid in the Bofors deal.
> 11. Lindstorm states in the interview, which has not been contradicted by
> anyone including Ms. Sonia Gandhi, that: "The Bofors Papers all point to the
> [Sonia] Gandhi family" and further that Ms.Sonia Gandhi should "explain how
> Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors
> deal."
> 12. This report is corroborated by another interview given by Lindstorm to
> Chitra Subramanian [Indian Express, March 22, 1998] wherein he stated; "All
> information we had at that time pointed to the Gandhi link—Sonia Gandhi
> should place her cards on the table. The bribes have been traced to her
> friend and this is not something out of the blue. This is no coincidence."
> 13. Headlines Today is in possession of the written statement of then
> Intelligence Bureau officer Naresh Chandra Gosain made before CBI Inspector
> Ghanshyam Rai on March 29 1997. Between 1984 and 1987, Gosain was posted in
> the Special Protection Group[SPG] of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
> He was part of the escort team. Between 1987 and 1989, Gosain served as the
> Personal Security Officer or the PSO of Sonia Gandhi.
> 14. During the tenure of Prime Minister Deve Gowda in 1997, Gosain deposed
> before the CBI. This deposition has so far never been made public. Headlines
> Today dug out this deposition, in which Gosain talks at length about the
> close family ties between the Gandhis and the Quattrocchis.
> 15. In his testimony Gosain says, "Mr.Ottavio Quattrocchi and his wife Ms
> Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Mr Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
> When Shri Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, Mr. Quattrocchi and his family
> members used to visit PM house and the family members of Shri Rajiv Gandhi
> also used to visit the house of Mr.Quattrocchi."
> 16. He adds: "In the initial period of Prime Ministership of Shri Rajiv
> Gandhi, the children of Shri Rajiv Gandhi used to stay at Mr.Quattrocchi's
> house during the foreign visits/domestic visits of the Prime Minister. We
> used to perform our shift duties at the residence of Mr.Quattrocchi on such
> occasions. Sometimes, Mrs Sonia Gandhi has also stayed in the house of
> Mr.Quattrocchi and at that time we used to perform our duties there."
> Gosain goes on to add that Mr.Quattrocchi and his wife Maria enjoyed free
> access to the Prime Minister's house. "At No. 5 & 7 Race Course Road,
> private cars were not allowed to enter inside the bungalow. Only the ferry
> cars of SPG, after severe security checks, used to carry such visitors from
> reception to porch and back. Mr. Quattrocchi and Mrs Maria Quattrocchi were
> very close to Shri Rajiv Gandhi's family and they got free access to the
> PM's House."
> He further added: "All visitors to No 5 & 7 Race Course Road were issued
> passes at the reception near the alighting point. Every time, a card was
> kept ready for Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members as and when they
> visited the PM's house. Everybody in SPG posted at PM house knew Mr
> Quattrocchi and his family members. Hence, there was no question of
> identifying them."
> 17. Ottavio Quattrocchi's proximity to the Gandhis is well known. What is
> also known is this proximity continued even after Quattrocchi began to be
> linked to the Bofors scandal. What documents show is that despite the cloud
> of suspicion surrounding Quattrocchi's involvment in the Bofors paybacks, he
> continued to have unfettered access to 10 Janpath, the residence officially
> assigned to Ms.Sonia Gandhi, which in itself makes her a public servant
> under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
> 18. It is important to recollect that by January 25, 1990, a team of CBI
> officials was already in Switzerland with a list of suspected recipients of
> the Bofors payback. According to a Frontline magazine story of the time,
> Ottavio Quattrocchi was the first name on that list. Between 1988 and 1990,
> the media too carried many stories about the involvement of Quattrocchi as a
> middleman in the Bofors deal.. . . . . . .(contd.)
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> On 16 April 2011 21:42, sarbajit roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Vikram
>
> > Your point about this group's discussion being limited to RTI is well
> > taken. As of now this group is moderated for month of April and we
> > have about 4 active moderators logging in frequently to approve the
> > posts. One of them must have seen the reference to RTI in NM Joshi's
> > message and approved it without reading the email in its entire
> > context.
>
> > Sarbajit
>
> > On Apr 16, 7:44 pm, Vikram Simha <vikramsimh...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > > What is this PMO in the Subject and MMS in the Text Columns and why is
> > Subramiam swamy very Fond of these PMO or MMS , when he Usually approaches
> > courts with all the data & Documents . Is this a joke on us members of this
> > group .
> > > Next what is the source that it is 205 pages and how does any RTI
> > Activist lay his/her hands on it other than through RTI the very next day .
>
> > > I read that the Group Moderators have limited this Group for RTI
> > discussions and not Discussions on S.Swamy or S Gandhi
>
> > > N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road ,
> > Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
>
> > > --- On Sat, 16/4/11, Joshi NM <naishadhjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > From: Joshi NM <naishadhjo...@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [HumJanenge] petition seeking prosecution of Sonia Gandhi sent
> > to PMO
> > > To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> > > Date: Saturday, 16 April, 2011, 12:13 PM
>
> > > Dr. Subramaniam Swami has sent yesterday a 206 page Petition to MMS
> > seeking Sonia's prosecution for which he needs sanction.
>
> > > any RTI activist having copy of this petition, pl. upload.
> > > -Joshi NM
Re: [HumJanenge] Politics of Corruption
Dear All,
Expecting Jan Lok Pal bill to curb ALL corruption is like expecting a band aid to stop a hemmorage.
My personal view is that all it will do is curb corruption at the middle level. The high end robbers will keep on looting since the reward to risk ratio is still going to be massive ( hundreds of crores would tempt anyone).
The lower rungs will also continue since the prosecution of lets say a 100 rupee bribe will be too small to pursue. The middle guys like lets say the ones who take 10000 to pass a file are the ones who will really hurt since the rewards may not be enough to justify the risk anymore.
Whatever happens , at least things will move forward from the current apathetic deadlock.
Regards
Indipatriot
From: SHASHI KUMAR.A.R. <rudreshtechnology@gmail.com>
To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 17 April 2011 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Politics of Corruption
Dear all , Only with JAN LOK PAL Bill curbing corruption is not possible , Electrol reforms , Bringing major change in Criminal procedure code , Civil Procedure codes , Mining policies , Land acquisition policy etc to ensure corruption cases heard and decided on priority and to acquire the corrupt peoples assets to government account
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Baritlum Ama <baritlumama@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sirs/Madames
" Jan Lok Pal Bill" is one step leap towards curbing corruption and
along with it
"ELectoral Reform" is one of the most important which need to be
addressed on topmost priority to curb the Corruption.
ama
On 4/16/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir
>
> I can suggest a foolproof way to reach the masses - it is better known as
> the "Alagiri formula"
> http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/litmus-test-for-dmk-in-alagiris-lab/1/135060.html
>
> Unfortunately you are somewhat behind the times, after factoring in
> inflation it is a 200 HUNDRED DOLLAR QUESTION
>
> Sarbajit
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Justice Kamleshwar Nath <
> justicekn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How to reach the Masses, is the hundred-dollar question. Could you
>> suggest a way?
>>
>>
>>
>> With best Wishes,
>>
>> KN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From the Desk of :
>>
>> Justice Kamleshwar Nath
>>
>> Retd.
>>
>> : **
>>
>> Up-Lokayukta ( Karnataka ),
>>
>> Vice Chairman – C.A.T ( Allahabad ),
>>
>> Judge – High Court ( Lucknow & Allahabad )
>>
>> Address
>>
>> :
>>
>> `Gunjan', C - 105, Niralanagar, Lucknow : 226 020. Uttar Pradesh, India
>>
>> Phone(s)
>>
>> :
>>
>> +91-522-2789033 & +91-522-4016459. Mobile : +91-9415010746
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* humjanenge@googlegroups.com [mailto:humjanenge@googlegroups.com]
>> *On
>> Behalf Of *Dr.V.N. Sharma
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:08 AM
>> *To:* undisclosed-recipients:
>>
>> *Subject:* [HumJanenge] Politics of Corruption
>>
>>
>>
>> Starting with the Struggle for India's Independence (upto 1947) which was
>> led by Mahatma Gandhi and before the recent rise of Anna Hazare India had
>> 4
>> major mass movements -
>>
>> Þ Naxal upsurge in 1967
>>
>> Þ Change in State (mostly Congress) Governments in 1966-67,
>>
>> Þ Bihar Students Movement in 1975 taken over 20 days later by
>> JP to take an all India character in 1975-77 and
>>
>> Þ Bofors scandal in 1988-89 led by VP Singh
>>
>>
>>
>> Except the Naxals rise in 1967 every other movement was meant to cause
>> cosmetic changes in the superstructure. They were all expected to fulfil
>> the
>> requirement of replacing the steward (*satta me parivarttan*)- no
>> matter whether the alternative new incumbent was better or worse. The
>> non-Naxal movements were not designed with an eye to change the System
>> (*Vyawastha
>> me parivarttan*). So the end result in all the four starting from Gandhi's
>> was same- the movements diffused in a few months, increase in Corruption,
>> Inefficiency, damage to Democratic processes and values, nepotism,
>> favoritism and separation of the population in two parallel strips ruling
>> elites and ruled commoner without an overlapping interface.
>>
>>
>>
>> Such changes with so much fanfare in the name of victory for democracy
>> were
>> very much short lived. Remember how within 2-3 years Congress Party came
>> back to power in all the States and the Union after each one of the above
>> 3
>> movements. It does not need a detailed study by an expert to know who were
>> born out of those mass movements and what became of them and how they
>> served
>> this country. No vow at the feet of Gandhi at Rajghat and elsewhere could
>> change any of them. They remained shamelessly on the same track of
>> corruption, money making and nepotism. Agree or not, Naxals/ Maoists alone
>> steadily continued all along with a single long term objective of changes
>> in
>> the 'Base' for changing the System.
>>
>>
>>
>> A very interesting coincidence that the Lokpal Bill was first introduced
>> in
>> 1968 immediately after the movements in 1966-67. But it could not be
>> passed
>> in successive Parliaments in last 43 years. So much for the well
>> intentioned
>> ruling elites. This long period saw every political party and group
>> seating
>> on the treasury benches in Parliament. It becomes clear that all the
>> Parliamentary parties lacked interest in a clean governance. Not much can
>> be
>> expected from such political outfits who could not think of eradicating
>> corruption in over 40 years.
>>
>>
>>
>> One does not have to go too far to predict the end result and timing of
>> the
>> end of this phenomenon. Just look at the constitution of people supporting
>> Anna Hazare on the TV screens and seating with him in Jantar Mantar and
>> operating from both inside, in behind the scene parleys, and outside. It
>> was
>> interesting to see how the fountain heads of corruption were supporting
>> Anna
>> and making themselves visible on the TV screens. Even Yedurappa of
>> Karnataka
>> Corruption fame openly supported Anna's 'Against Corruption' movement.
>>
>>
>>
>> Even though many naïve and gullible took part in the streets of different
>> towns and cities in support of Anna at the end of it all it remains an
>> exercise within the 5% of the top bracketed population known as ruling
>> elites. It is not for the masses. Why the same people and the same Media
>> has
>> not stood up for Irom Sharmila who is on Fast for over 10 years now. It is
>> also significant to note that the days of extra constitutional authority
>> overpowering the constitutional authorities are in. The Mother –son duo,
>> Sonia – Rahul on the one side and Anna's five on the other. Incidently,
>> finally it is an all men affair and no representative of dalit or
>> downtrodden in the drafting committee.
>>
>>
>>
>> In conclusion , therefore, only a people's movement involving the masses
>> can bring the cure to the ills of this country. Nothing less.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dr.V.N.Sharma
>> Cell No.9431102680,
>>
>> Co-ordinator, Jharkhand Shanti evam Nyaya Yatra (JSNY): May 15-20,2011
>> Member, Secretariat, All India Forum for Right to Education (AIF-RTE)
>>
>> &
>>
>> Working Committee Member, Jan Sansad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: [HumJanenge] Re: petition seeking prosecution of Sonia Gandhi sent to PMO
Excerpts of letter to PMO, seeking sanction against NAC chair person:
you may pl. verify from your sources about correctness:
5. Ms.Sonia Gandhi holds office which enables her to give direction to Government departments and Ministries and also call for confidential reports from CBI, and according to the then Union Law Minister, she can even call for files [Annexure 3]. She has been as Chairperson of NAC giving directions to several ministries and departments.
6. It is charged that she obtained for, and colluded with family friend, Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi—an Interpol Red-Corner Noticee & a proclaimed offender under Indian criminal law, to obtain for him the pecuniary advantage from defreezing of his CBI-frozen account, thus committing offence u/s 13 (1)(d) of the PCA, and also conspired with Quattrocchi to enable him to escape prosecution in Bofors Gun Purchase scam.
7. Bofors scam that occurred in 1986 represents corruption in very high places and the key figure in the scam is Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Italian family friend and fixer. The then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was manipulated by Ms.Sonia Gandhi, his Italian born wife, to abet the crime in Bofors gun purchase committed by Quattrocchi against the nation.
8. Ms.Sonia Gandhi stationed Mr.Walter Vinci, her brother-in-law, in Sweden to influence her husband and then Prime Minister, when on a visit to Sweden to finalize the Bofors Deal. Also present in the same hotel was the Italian fixer, small arms supplier, and Snam Progetti agent, Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi, [who was hailed as the catalyst in the deal by the CBI in their Letters Rogatory documents], and who had in return for a hefty commission prevailed on the Prime Minister to sign the deal before March 31, 1986.
9. Thereafter when the arm of the law began reaching near him, he escaped from India in 1993, then from Malaysia in 2002 via a rigged court judgment obtained by collusion with as yet unnamed parties and from Argentina— by the CBI fudging the records – all achieved under
the influence exerted by Ms. Sonia Gandhi under three different and consenting Prime Ministers.
10. This is further confirmed in the interview conducted by Ranjit Bhushan of Outlook magazine [Annexure 4 ] in 1998 with Mr.Sten Lindstorm, the Chief of the Investigation Division of Swedish National Bureau of Investigation and Special Prosecutor of the Swedish Government into the Bofors payoffs. The Swedish National Audit Bureau which he assisted concluded after an independent probe that bribes had indeed been paid in the Bofors deal.
11. Lindstorm states in the interview, which has not been contradicted by anyone including Ms. Sonia Gandhi, that: "The Bofors Papers all point to the [Sonia] Gandhi family" and further that Ms.Sonia Gandhi should "explain how Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors deal."
12. This report is corroborated by another interview given by Lindstorm to Chitra Subramanian [Indian Express, March 22, 1998] wherein he stated; "All information we had at that time pointed to the Gandhi link—Sonia Gandhi should place her cards on the table. The bribes have been traced to her friend and this is not something out of the blue. This is no coincidence."
13. Headlines Today is in possession of the written statement of then Intelligence Bureau officer Naresh Chandra Gosain made before CBI Inspector Ghanshyam Rai on March 29 1997. Between 1984 and 1987, Gosain was posted in the Special Protection Group[SPG] of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was part of the escort team. Between 1987 and 1989, Gosain served as the Personal Security Officer or the PSO of Sonia Gandhi.
14. During the tenure of Prime Minister Deve Gowda in 1997, Gosain deposed before the CBI. This deposition has so far never been made public. Headlines Today dug out this deposition, in which Gosain talks at length about the close family ties between the Gandhis and the Quattrocchis.
15. In his testimony Gosain says, "Mr.Ottavio Quattrocchi and his wife Ms Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Mr Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Sonia Gandhi. When Shri Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members used to visit PM house and the family members of Shri Rajiv Gandhi also used to visit the house of Mr.Quattrocchi."
16. He adds: "In the initial period of Prime Ministership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the children of Shri Rajiv Gandhi used to stay at Mr.Quattrocchi's house during the foreign visits/domestic visits of the Prime Minister. We used to perform our shift duties at the residence of Mr.Quattrocchi on such occasions. Sometimes, Mrs Sonia Gandhi has also stayed in the house of Mr.Quattrocchi and at that time we used to perform our duties there."
Gosain goes on to add that Mr.Quattrocchi and his wife Maria enjoyed free access to the Prime Minister's house. "At No. 5 & 7 Race Course Road, private cars were not allowed to enter inside the bungalow. Only the ferry cars of SPG, after severe security checks, used to carry such visitors from reception to porch and back. Mr. Quattrocchi and Mrs Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Shri Rajiv Gandhi's family and they got free access to the PM's House."
He further added: "All visitors to No 5 & 7 Race Course Road were issued passes at the reception near the alighting point. Every time, a card was kept ready for Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members as and when they visited the PM's house. Everybody in SPG posted at PM house knew Mr Quattrocchi and his family members. Hence, there was no question of identifying them."
17. Ottavio Quattrocchi's proximity to the Gandhis is well known. What is also known is this proximity continued even after Quattrocchi began to be linked to the Bofors scandal. What documents show is that despite the cloud of suspicion surrounding Quattrocchi's involvment in the Bofors paybacks, he continued to have unfettered access to 10 Janpath, the residence officially assigned to Ms.Sonia Gandhi, which in itself makes her a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
18. It is important to recollect that by January 25, 1990, a team of CBI officials was already in Switzerland with a list of suspected recipients of the Bofors payback. According to a Frontline magazine story of the time, Ottavio Quattrocchi was the first name on that list. Between 1988 and 1990, the media too carried many stories about the involvement of Quattrocchi as a middleman in the Bofors deal.. . . . . . .(contd.)
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
you may pl. verify from your sources about correctness:
15, April 2011
Dr.Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister as Sanctioning Authority
u/s 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988) [PCA]
South Block, New Delhi.
Re: Sanction to prosecute Ms.Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson (in Cabinet Rank), NAC, under Prevention of Corruption Act (1988).
Dear Sir:
1. Ms.Sonia Gandhi MP, wife of the deceased Rajiv Gandhi, was first appointed as Chairperson National Advisory Council [NAC] in May 2004. She resigned in 2006 but was re-appointed by an Order of the Cabinet Secretariat dated March 29, 2010, read with Order dated October 8, 2010 [Annexure 1].
2. As per Order of May 31, 2004 [Annexure 2] the Prime Minister's Office will provide Central Government funds to meet the expenditure of the NAC, and service the NAC for its secretarial needs. Hence she is a public servant as defined in Section 2 ( c ) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988).
3. You, in your capacity as deemed appointing authority are therefore the Designated Authority under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act for granting Sanction to prosecute the said Ms. Sonia Gandhi. As you know, there are no laches or statute of limitations for prosecuting offences of corruption.
4. Your Sanction is required by me for prosecuting Ms. Sonia Gandhi on a private complaint proposed to be filed by me in the criminal court under Prevention of Corruption Act (1988), based on the materials available to me (and enclosed with this letter/application) with reference to two issues:
5. Ms.Sonia Gandhi holds office which enables her to give direction to Government departments and Ministries and also call for confidential reports from CBI, and according to the then Union Law Minister, she can even call for files [Annexure 3]. She has been as Chairperson of NAC giving directions to several ministries and departments.
6. It is charged that she obtained for, and colluded with family friend, Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi—an Interpol Red-Corner Noticee & a proclaimed offender under Indian criminal law, to obtain for him the pecuniary advantage from defreezing of his CBI-frozen account, thus committing offence u/s 13 (1)(d) of the PCA, and also conspired with Quattrocchi to enable him to escape prosecution in Bofors Gun Purchase scam.
7. Bofors scam that occurred in 1986 represents corruption in very high places and the key figure in the scam is Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Italian family friend and fixer. The then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was manipulated by Ms.Sonia Gandhi, his Italian born wife, to abet the crime in Bofors gun purchase committed by Quattrocchi against the nation.
8. Ms.Sonia Gandhi stationed Mr.Walter Vinci, her brother-in-law, in Sweden to influence her husband and then Prime Minister, when on a visit to Sweden to finalize the Bofors Deal. Also present in the same hotel was the Italian fixer, small arms supplier, and Snam Progetti agent, Mr. Ottavio Quattrocchi, [who was hailed as the catalyst in the deal by the CBI in their Letters Rogatory documents], and who had in return for a hefty commission prevailed on the Prime Minister to sign the deal before March 31, 1986.
9. Thereafter when the arm of the law began reaching near him, he escaped from India in 1993, then from Malaysia in 2002 via a rigged court judgment obtained by collusion with as yet unnamed parties and from Argentina— by the CBI fudging the records – all achieved under
the influence exerted by Ms. Sonia Gandhi under three different and consenting Prime Ministers.
10. This is further confirmed in the interview conducted by Ranjit Bhushan of Outlook magazine [Annexure 4 ] in 1998 with Mr.Sten Lindstorm, the Chief of the Investigation Division of Swedish National Bureau of Investigation and Special Prosecutor of the Swedish Government into the Bofors payoffs. The Swedish National Audit Bureau which he assisted concluded after an independent probe that bribes had indeed been paid in the Bofors deal.
11. Lindstorm states in the interview, which has not been contradicted by anyone including Ms. Sonia Gandhi, that: "The Bofors Papers all point to the [Sonia] Gandhi family" and further that Ms.Sonia Gandhi should "explain how Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors deal."
12. This report is corroborated by another interview given by Lindstorm to Chitra Subramanian [Indian Express, March 22, 1998] wherein he stated; "All information we had at that time pointed to the Gandhi link—Sonia Gandhi should place her cards on the table. The bribes have been traced to her friend and this is not something out of the blue. This is no coincidence."
13. Headlines Today is in possession of the written statement of then Intelligence Bureau officer Naresh Chandra Gosain made before CBI Inspector Ghanshyam Rai on March 29 1997. Between 1984 and 1987, Gosain was posted in the Special Protection Group[SPG] of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was part of the escort team. Between 1987 and 1989, Gosain served as the Personal Security Officer or the PSO of Sonia Gandhi.
14. During the tenure of Prime Minister Deve Gowda in 1997, Gosain deposed before the CBI. This deposition has so far never been made public. Headlines Today dug out this deposition, in which Gosain talks at length about the close family ties between the Gandhis and the Quattrocchis.
15. In his testimony Gosain says, "Mr.Ottavio Quattrocchi and his wife Ms Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Mr Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Sonia Gandhi. When Shri Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members used to visit PM house and the family members of Shri Rajiv Gandhi also used to visit the house of Mr.Quattrocchi."
16. He adds: "In the initial period of Prime Ministership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the children of Shri Rajiv Gandhi used to stay at Mr.Quattrocchi's house during the foreign visits/domestic visits of the Prime Minister. We used to perform our shift duties at the residence of Mr.Quattrocchi on such occasions. Sometimes, Mrs Sonia Gandhi has also stayed in the house of Mr.Quattrocchi and at that time we used to perform our duties there."
Gosain goes on to add that Mr.Quattrocchi and his wife Maria enjoyed free access to the Prime Minister's house. "At No. 5 & 7 Race Course Road, private cars were not allowed to enter inside the bungalow. Only the ferry cars of SPG, after severe security checks, used to carry such visitors from reception to porch and back. Mr. Quattrocchi and Mrs Maria Quattrocchi were very close to Shri Rajiv Gandhi's family and they got free access to the PM's House."
He further added: "All visitors to No 5 & 7 Race Course Road were issued passes at the reception near the alighting point. Every time, a card was kept ready for Mr. Quattrocchi and his family members as and when they visited the PM's house. Everybody in SPG posted at PM house knew Mr Quattrocchi and his family members. Hence, there was no question of identifying them."
17. Ottavio Quattrocchi's proximity to the Gandhis is well known. What is also known is this proximity continued even after Quattrocchi began to be linked to the Bofors scandal. What documents show is that despite the cloud of suspicion surrounding Quattrocchi's involvment in the Bofors paybacks, he continued to have unfettered access to 10 Janpath, the residence officially assigned to Ms.Sonia Gandhi, which in itself makes her a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
18. It is important to recollect that by January 25, 1990, a team of CBI officials was already in Switzerland with a list of suspected recipients of the Bofors payback. According to a Frontline magazine story of the time, Ottavio Quattrocchi was the first name on that list. Between 1988 and 1990, the media too carried many stories about the involvement of Quattrocchi as a middleman in the Bofors deal.. . . . . . .(contd.)
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On 16 April 2011 21:42, sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Vikram
Your point about this group's discussion being limited to RTI is well
taken. As of now this group is moderated for month of April and we
have about 4 active moderators logging in frequently to approve the
posts. One of them must have seen the reference to RTI in NM Joshi's
message and approved it without reading the email in its entire
context.
Sarbajit
> --- On Sat, 16/4/11, Joshi NM <naishadhjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 16, 7:44 pm, Vikram Simha <vikramsimh...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> What is this PMO in the Subject and MMS in the Text Columns and why is Subramiam swamy very Fond of these PMO or MMS , when he Usually approaches courts with all the data & Documents . Is this a joke on us members of this group .
> Next what is the source that it is 205 pages and how does any RTI Activist lay his/her hands on it other than through RTI the very next day .
>
> I read that the Group Moderators have limited this Group for RTI discussions and not Discussions on S.Swamy or S Gandhi
>
> N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
>
>
> From: Joshi NM <naishadhjo...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [HumJanenge] petition seeking prosecution of Sonia Gandhi sent to PMO
> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Date: Saturday, 16 April, 2011, 12:13 PM
>
> Dr. Subramaniam Swami has sent yesterday a 206 page Petition to MMS seeking Sonia's prosecution for which he needs sanction.
>
> any RTI activist having copy of this petition, pl. upload.
> -Joshi NM
Re: [rti4empowerment] Fw: Politician choice of heaven..
Dear D'Souza
Thanks for the message.
Regards
Dr JN Sharma
Thanks for the message.
Regards
Dr JN Sharma
On 4/17/11, DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
> To: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2011, 18:59
> Subject: Fw: Politician choice of heaven..
>
>
>
> While walking down the street one day a "Member of Parliament" is tragically
> hit by a truck and dies.
>
> His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
>
> 'Welcome to heaven,' says St. Peter. 'Before you settle in, it seems there
> is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so
> we're not sure what to do with you.'
>
> 'No problem, just let me in, 'says the man.
>
> 'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is
> have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
> where to spend eternity'.
> 'Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,' says the MP.
>
> 'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.'
>
> And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down,
> down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green
> golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are
> all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
>
> Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake
> his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at
> the expense of the people.
>
> They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar
> and champagne.
>
> Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has
> a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time
> that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
>
> Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises....
>
> The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter
> is waiting for him.
>
> 'Now it's time to visit heaven.'
>
> So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from
> cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and,
> before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
>
> 'Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose
> your eternity'.
>
> The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: 'Well, I would never have
> said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be
> better off in hell. '
>
> So St. Peter escorts him to the lift and he goes down, down, down to hell.
>
> Now the doors of the lift open and he's in the middle of a barren land
> covered with waste and rubbish.
>
> He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting
> it in black bags as more rubbish falls from above.
>
> The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. 'I don't
> understand,' stammers the MP. 'Yesterday I was here and there was a golf
> course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and
> danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of rubbish
> and my friends look miserable.
>
> What happened? '
>
> The devil looks at him, smiles and says, ' Yesterday we were
> campaigning... today you voted.' -- Alwin D' Souza"Morning cloud"Udupi
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[rti4empowerment] Fw: Politician choice of heaven..
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
To: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2011, 18:59
Subject: Fw: Politician choice of heaven..
-- Alwin D' Souza"Morning cloud"Udupi 576101.Disclaimer..The information transmitted is intended only for the personor entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary,business-confidential and/or privileged material.If you are not the intended recipient of this message youare hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission,dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action takenin reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you receivedthis in error, please contact the sender and delete thematerial from any computer. Any views expressed in this messageare those of the individual sender only.alwin d'souza.
From: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
To: Alwin D 'Souza <alwincloud@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2011, 18:59
Subject: Fw: Politician choice of heaven..
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Re: [HumJanenge] Modian Anna, Practice Yourself First What You Preach
Alam bhai, I m coming for hunger strike in your house to change our
international policy, i want that u kindly pressure govt. to change
the policy.because u r also an activist like Anna who struggles for
common people. what will u do? what will your
answer?.......................................... If there (at
Ralegansiddhi Anna's village) is any Ministry or Authoriti's office
who involved in irregularities in appointment of maharastra
information commisioner then u r also welcome for lifelong Dharna
infront of that particular office. Why this activist did not tried to
go for that particular authority?
(There at Ralegansiddhi daily no. of people use to come against
different govt. offices if each & everyone tried to create pressure
that he will go on Dharna at that particular place, the village should
rehabilate ) Kindly try to create the village like Anna ? Anna is
Modiyan, Previously He was against Sena & BJP in 1996 to 1998 not
because of Parties But at that time they were ruling in Maharashtra.
Please ask urself who r u? comrade?gandhian? Modian?(he is not so
great to call anyone by his name). what is ur motive? Really u want
transperancy? then kindly & trasparently reply. (for ur kind
information Anna still not awarded by Magsaysay.).
Dinesh Patil
international policy, i want that u kindly pressure govt. to change
the policy.because u r also an activist like Anna who struggles for
common people. what will u do? what will your
answer?.......................................... If there (at
Ralegansiddhi Anna's village) is any Ministry or Authoriti's office
who involved in irregularities in appointment of maharastra
information commisioner then u r also welcome for lifelong Dharna
infront of that particular office. Why this activist did not tried to
go for that particular authority?
(There at Ralegansiddhi daily no. of people use to come against
different govt. offices if each & everyone tried to create pressure
that he will go on Dharna at that particular place, the village should
rehabilate ) Kindly try to create the village like Anna ? Anna is
Modiyan, Previously He was against Sena & BJP in 1996 to 1998 not
because of Parties But at that time they were ruling in Maharashtra.
Please ask urself who r u? comrade?gandhian? Modian?(he is not so
great to call anyone by his name). what is ur motive? Really u want
transperancy? then kindly & trasparently reply. (for ur kind
information Anna still not awarded by Magsaysay.).
Dinesh Patil
On 4/16/11, afroz sahil <afroz.alam.sahil@gmail.com> wrote:
> **
> **
> *Anna growing above the law of the R.T.I; the high point of social activism.
> *
>
>
> *Afroz Alam Sahil, BeyondHeadlines*
> *
> *
>
> Finally, it seems that there will be an end to all corrupt practices.
> Everyone will be transparent and accountable. People will become sovereign
> and *lok pal* (ombudsman). Pray this happens!
>
> But I cannot stop thinking what is so special about the said Lokpal or Jan
> Lokpal Bill. Will it be able to do what all anti-graft bills failed to do
> miserably? That is yet to be seen. But one thing is sure that the
> accumulated angst of people has finally found a vent in the form of Anna and
> his rallying crowd. I will take the liberty of calling it a safety valve,
> which indirectly has only helped the government ease the tension against
> corruption.
>
> When the Right to Information (RTI) Act was passed in 2005, people had
> similar expectations. In fact, this is the very act that has made both Anna
> and his newly found lieutenant and media savvy Arvind Kejriwal. In fact,
> both of them subsequently won the prestigious Magsaysay award as well.
>
> However, Anna now seems to desert the same RTI. I remember the incident when
> a few months back, an RTI activist went to him taking the case of the
> irregularities being practiced in the appointment of the Maharashtra
> information commissioner, but this Modian Anna did not listen to him. The
> RTI activist then sat on *dharna* (sit-in) before Anna's ashram. At that
> time neither Anna supported him nor even any media organisation. Perhaps, he
> did not know how to manage the media and was not strategic enough. It's a
> different story though that he himself has worked in the mainstream media.
> The irony was that Anna, who himself sits on hunger strike for a "noble
> cause," called the police and got the RTI activist thrown out from that
> place. This is how a person who has been termed anti-corruption crusader
> treats his fellow
> comrades...................................................
>
>
> *link: *
> *
> http://beyondheadlines.in/2011/04/modian-anna-practice-yourself-first-what-you-preach/
> *
>
>
>
>
> --
> AFROZ ALAM 'SAHIL'
> Mobile:-+91-9891322178
> Blog: http://suchnaexpress.blogspot.com
>
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>
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