Tuesday 14 June 2011

India Under Siege - What's the Way Out?



Date- 27th May

Venue: Constitution Club, New delhi.

Well begun is half done. RSA had organised a colloqium on May 27th, to discuss and prospect the ways to counter corruption which has been plaguing our nation for the last few years.Ordinary citizens as well as other organizations were invited to join and share their views to tackle the menace of corruption. The prominent organisations which participated on May 27th function were Transparency International, the Fifth Pillar and India Against Corruption. 

The key agenda were:

a)Lokpal Bill.
Devising review committee to analyse various corruption laws to strengthen the system and also to ensure transperancy and accountability in decision making.
b)Citizens’ struggle with the system to get justice:
c) Preventing transfer of black money to foreign banks in tax haven and Retrieving that money:
d) Ratify international law
e)International Extradition Treaty

Those who spoke from the dais were Karnataka TN Chaturvedi, founder chairman of the Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, KN Govindacharya, anti-corruption activist Vineet Narain, former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Prakash Singh, senior journalist and social activist Ved Pratap Vaidik, former CBI joint director BR Lall, JP movement activist Rambahadur Rai, senior lawyer and member of BJP national executive Amitabh Sinha, All India Ansari Samaj President-young Muslim leader Mohammed Seraj Ansari, senior lawyer Ashok Arora, and researcher-journalist-activist Surajit Dasgupta.

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