Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Save RTI

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From: Aruna Roy <mail@change.org>
Date: Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Subject: Save RTI
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com

Ask the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to save the RTI Act from amendments.

Sign our Petition

Dear Palash -

The most powerful law we have to fight corruption is going to be diluted soon. In the next few days, the Government will amend the RTI Act to ensure that political parties do not come under direct public scrutiny.

It was a huge victory for India when we recently won an appeal to bring political parties under the RTI Act. But, instead of honouring the decision, political parties are now trying to change the law to exclude themselves.

This is a huge setback for our nation. In order to remain free of corruption, all political parties should be transparent and answerable to the public. This won't happen if the RTI Act is modified.

It is time for us as people of this country to take action. Ask the Prime Minister (PM), Manmohan Singh, to save the RTI Act from amendments. Sign our petition.

We hardly have any time to act. We need to showcase that the whole country is against this proposed dilution of RTI Act. If thousands sign this petition, the Government will know that there is growing public support, and that they cannot ignore this demand of their voters.

Help us get at least 25,000 signatures before we deliver them to the PM, the Cabinet Ministers and to prominent media houses. They need to know that Indian citizens deserve and demand clean, transparent politics.

Each signature and every voice of the people of this country counts. Sign the petition and forward this email to your family and friends.

Thank you for taking action for our country,

On behalf of all Co-convenors of NCPRI,

Aruna Roy via Change.org

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Petitioning Shri Manmohan Singh

Shri. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister - Government of India : Save RTI Act from Amendments

2. Petition by
  National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) India
  
  Delhi, India

Dear Friends,

The RTI community has been very vigilant and has managed to prevent any amendment of the RTI Act, despite attempts from as early as 2006, a year after its passage in Parliament. Since the RTI act came into effect it has proved to be a powerful means to fight corruption and the arbitrary use of power. The vigilance and protest by the RTI community kept the establishment from proceeding with the dormant and explicit desire to curtail transparency and accountability entitlements. We are now informed that the Government is thinking of moving amendments to the RTI Act in the coming session of Parliament, to negate the CIC order declaring that political parties are public authorities under the RTI Act. It is likely that these amendments will seek to not only address this issue but to curtail various other entitlements that have now established the ability of the RTI to fight corruption and the arbitrary use of power by the establishment.

We appeal to you for your help and support. We are petitioning the PM, and we request your endorsement. We feel your support, along with that of others, will represent an important consensus of opinion in the public domain against amendments to the RTI Act.

The petition to the PM may also please be forwarded to a range of people to endorse. This needs to be widely publicized and support needs to be drawn from a cross section of users across sectors, to rapidly build public opinion before the commencement of the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Please sign the below petition or email your endorsement to ncpri.india@gmail.com

With warm regards,
Yours sincerely,
Bharat Dogra, Shekhar Singh, Shailesh Gandhi, Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy

To: 
Shri Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Government of India 
  
  Dear Mr. Prime Minister, 

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