Thursday, August 25, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalits to rally for Bahujan Lokpal Bill

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dalits-to-rally-for-Bahujan-Lokpal-Bill/Article1-736928.aspx

Dalits to rally for Bahujan Lokpal Bill
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, August 24, 2011

Dalits, backward castes and minorities came together against Team
Anna's Jan Lokpal Bill on Wednesday. They held a rally from India Gate
that grid-locked peak hour traffic, proposing a Bahujan Lokpal Bill.
"We will draft the Bahujan Lokpal Bill within two to three days and
submit it to the Parliamentary standing committee," Udit Raj, chairman
of the All-India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations, said.

"We want our representative in the lokpal committee as and when it is formed."

"We neither support Team Anna's draft nor the government's draft of
the Lokpal Bill," he said. "While the former will make the lokpal
authoritarian, the government draft is very weak."

Confederation member Indira Athawale said, "This civil society (Team
Anna) comprises people opposing reservation. Moreover, they want to
create a lokpal that would be over and above the Constitution."


------------------------------------

----
INFORMATION OVERLOAD?
Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/

PARTICIPATE:-
On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com

TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:-
If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to ZESTCaste-subscribe@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/

Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
ZESTCaste-digest@yahoogroups.com
ZESTCaste-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ZESTCaste-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

No comments:

Post a Comment