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Sec. 17(A) will weaken CBI, ACB, says JP

The proposed move by the Central government to incorporate section 17 (A) in the Prevention of Corruption Act will render investigating agencies such as CBI and ACB ineffective, said Lok Satta Party founder-president Jayaprakash Narayan. Section 17(A) would make it imperative for the investigative agencies to take prior permission of the government for investigation of corruption charges against government employees — from a clerk to a high level official. Such a proposal would undermine the Lokpal and the fight against corruption, he said in a statement here on Saturday.

Dr. Narayan said the above section would require the CBI and ACB to take every case to the notice of Lokpal and Lokayukta. There were 80 lakh Central government employees and about 10 lakh employees in some big states and over all the number of government employees in the country is about two crore. In other words such a stipulation would practically stall investigation into corruption charges against government employees. One could appreciate taking Lokpal permission at the stage of prosecution in alleged corruption cases but not for even taking up investigation, he said. Dr. Narayan said unless the CBI and ACB had autonomy, they would not be able to investigate and crack corruption cases. He called upon Parliament members, irrespective of political affiliation, to fight against the proposed Section 17(A) in the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Monday, May 18, 2015 - 17:55

JP urges KCR to spare NTR Stadium, Indira Park

Lok Satta Party founder president Jayaprakash Narayan said that the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, should seriously consider the demand of opposition parties not to construct Kala Bharathi at the NTR Stadium.

He said that the opposition parties did not object to construction of Kala Bharathi as being projected by Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao. They only appealed to him to continue the NTR Stadium as sports ground for children and youth.

“We welcome Kala Bharathi. But in its name, it is not proper to destroy places that serve as lung spaces, play grounds and public places to celebrate religious festivals by all communities and turn them into concrete jungles,” he said.

There are several sites in the city that could be utilised for the purpose, he said and recalled that even Supreme Court in the past had directed against constructions in places allotted for play grounds.

Dr. JP also criticised the proposal to construct Vinayak Sagar by destroying the popular Indira Park with thousands of trees in the vicinity of Hussainsagar to facilitate immersion of Ganesh idols. He said it was imperative to protect and conserve the biggest park in the twin cities. The movement for protection of NTR Stadium, Indira Park and construction of Kala Bharathi in another site launched by Lok Satta Party was getting support from various political parties and people’s organisations. The signature campaign, sending post cards and missed call to 86880 47100 launched in support of their movement was getting a huge public response, he said.

It was not right on part of the Chief Minister to blame the opposition parties when people were protesting his decision to replace NTR Stadium with Kala Bharathi and Indira Park with Vinayak Sagar, he said.

Dr. JP urged the Chief Minister to think realistically without taking it as a prestigious issue and shift the proposed construction of Kala Bharati to the defunct DBR Mills site or any other area.

Suggests that the Chief Minister take up construction of Kala Bharathi at DBR Mills site instead of NTR Stadium.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 11:01

JP urges KCR to spare NTR Stadium, Indira Park

Lok Satta Party founder president Jayaprakash Narayan said that the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, should seriously consider the demand of opposition parties not to construct Kala Bharathi at the NTR Stadium.

He said that the opposition parties did not object to construction of Kala Bharathi as being projected by Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao. They only appealed to him to continue the NTR Stadium as sports ground for children and youth.

“We welcome Kala Bharathi. But in its name, it is not proper to destroy places that serve as lung spaces, play grounds and public places to celebrate religious festivals by all communities and turn them into concrete jungles,” he said.

There are several sites in the city that could be utilised for the purpose, he said and recalled that even Supreme Court in the past had directed against constructions in places allotted for play grounds.

Dr. JP also criticised the proposal to construct Vinayak Sagar by destroying the popular Indira Park with thousands of trees in the vicinity of Hussainsagar to facilitate immersion of Ganesh idols. He said it was imperative to protect and conserve the biggest park in the twin cities. The movement for protection of NTR Stadium, Indira Park and construction of Kala Bharathi in another site launched by Lok Satta Party was getting support from various political parties and people’s organisations. The signature campaign, sending post cards and missed call to 86880 47100 launched in support of their movement was getting a huge public response, he said.

It was not right on part of the Chief Minister to blame the opposition parties when people were protesting his decision to replace NTR Stadium with Kala Bharathi and Indira Park with Vinayak Sagar, he said.

Dr. JP urged the Chief Minister to think realistically without taking it as a prestigious issue and shift the proposed construction of Kala Bharati to the defunct DBR Mills site or any other area.

Suggests that the Chief Minister take up construction of Kala Bharathi at DBR Mills site instead of NTR Stadium.

 

Courtesy: The Hindu

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 10:59

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