An open petition to the President of India Smt.Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

To


Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

The President of Indian Republic, New Delhi

Subject- Action on the complaint referred to CAG of India vide letter No.P/A-61183 dated 20.6.2007

Revered Excellency,

I lodged a complaint dated 14.6.07 against the then CAG for illegally protecting the interests of an IA&AS officer, with the Excellency, having enclosed 25-page photocopies of the documents procured under RTI from the CAG office.

Strangely the complaint was referred by your Excellency’s Secretariat in a routine manner to the same authority against whom the complaint was made. I was not even informed of this until 21.9.07 when I sought information under RTI Act.

It was not an ordinary matter requiring routine and mechanical transmission of the complaint. It was a serious complaint made against a public authority holding an autonomous-constitutional post answerable to the President only.

The records showed that the then CAG actively glossed over the misconducts of the officer Shri R.K.Verma despite strong evidences provided repeatedly by me. The CAG breached the sanctity of the solemn oath of office sworn by him as prescribed by the Constitution.

During the hearing of the case No.CIC/WB/A/2008/00309 on 4.9.09 the CPIO of the President’s Secretariat recorded his statement before the Hon’ble Chief Information Commissioner that the complaint was never submitted before Excellency, no order came from the Hon’ble President and up-to-date status of the complaint remained the same as it was on 20.6.07, that is, no action.

Now this is the fate of a public grievance on corruption and misconducts awaiting action for more than past 4 years.

I, therefore.request the most respected Excellency through this open petition to take decisive action.

Yours faithfully

Dr. Vijay Kumar Sinha

Insurmountable courage of the Japnese

Nature's cruel devastation of Japan has not deterred the hundred odd technicians, scientists, pilots and others to court certain death in order to secure life for the rest of the people. They have been into the nuclear plants to cap the spill of the radiation. No words can describe their valour. It is a tribute to indomitable spirit of the human race agaist untramelled vagaries of nature. I salute their supreme sacrifice. 

Sibal has no respect for Parliament

The news today “Raja stashed Rs.3000 crore abroad under wife’s name” makes Kapil Sibal vulnerable to the breach of privilege proceeding by Parliament for claiming that there was no loss to the exchequer, attacking CAG report, prejudging the 2G spectrum scam thus breaching privilege of Parliament {JPC) and for protecting the interests of Raja as his advocate on the floor of the house. Role of Sibal should also be examined.

The whole lot is rotten. Har sakh pe ullu baitha hai, anjame gulistan kya hoga.

Appeal to the Maoists to set Krishna the Malkangiri Collector free.

If the abductors of the Malkangiri Collector R.V Krishna think that by resorting to such criminal acts they can overthrow the Indian democratic system then certainly they (the Maoists) live in fool’s paradise.

But if they think that the system is corrupt, inefficient, unjust, emaciated and ramshackle then undoubtedly they have a valid point. They should appreciate that there are a few honest and dedicated people in politics, administration and judiciary as well because of whom the system somehow saves itself from being failed or dysfunctional. And such people being in the rare-endangered species category must not only be protected but also encouraged.

Krishna had consciously ventured into the forbidden territory to monitor welfare schemes meant for the poor tribals without security at the sure peril of his life only to conquer hearts. Such people must be encouraged. I appeal to the Maoists to set him free.

Bihar State Human Rights Commission should not hobnob with violators

I saw with disbelief if not horror a news-item published today in an English daily informing about the participation of the Chairman and Member of the State Human Rights Commission Bihar in a training programme for SIs in the human rights. The news paper cited two IPS officers as notable resource persons in the programme. One has been himself the violator of human rights during his postings at Patna as DIG and IG in the RJD jungle raj. A full-fledged inquiry could never be conducted against him because of a nexus among all the pillars of the system. I have detailed in my blog “NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION a drain on public exchequer, an (un)necessary evil” about the nature of the powerful connections enjoyed by such officers in today’s corrupt and hypocritical society.
The human rights authorities must keep themselves away from the company of elements whose track-record of human rights has been horrible

Save Patna Gandhi Maidan

I have learnt from a news-item that Bihar Govt. is going to install a 40 feet high statue of Gandhijee in the middle of the Gandhi maidan. Why are the homo sapiens out to ravage the natural settings of the maidan which is the only life-line for the breathless Patnaites? Even Gandhijee would have opposed the concretization of the maidan. A decade back damage had been done by putting concrete structures just in the middle. I urge to restore the lush green pristine ecology of the park so that morning walkers and children roam and play about all round without obstruction. Dismantle all concrete heaps in the name of Mahatma Gandhi. A true tribute to Gandhijee will be to spare installing concrete representations of man and animal on people's money and take care of the impoverished masses. Will the corrupt society do this?

Sibal attacks CAG report on 2G spectrum

Sibal has disputed the amount of revenue lost in the 2-G spectrum scam. Sibal’s objection is with regard to the amount of 1.76 lakh crore arrived at by the CAG taking into the probable price, the spectra would have fetched had there been an transparently open public bidding. The CAG has used various methodologies to come to some categories of figures of govt. money lost on account of the criminal culpability of the Minister and others.

 I am relieved that he has at least admitted that the scam has not devoured as much money as the public exchequer watch-dog had thought it to be.

 By advancing misleading arguments one might have succeeded in securing favorable verdicts. But truth always pricks the conscience.

 His skillful argument that NDA did the wrong by following the policy of first come first serve and so the UPA also looted the money in the same fashion, is appalling Let there be a thorough effective probe into the whole gamut and no one should be protected.

 But Sibal has bruised his credentials.