Round Table Conference on Lokpal in Delhi

Round Table Conference on Lokpal in Delhi New Delhi: 22nd April, 2011 Distinguished citizens drawn from diverse fields of public life are gathering at India International Center on Sunday (April 24, 2011) to hammer out a consensus on mechanisms to combat corruption in the country.The Lok Satta, Center for Med ia Studies, Foundation for Democratic Reforms and Transparency International are organizing the Round Table in the wake of the Union Government constituting a j oint committee of civil society representatives and of the Government to draft t he Lok Pal Bill.It may be recalled that the Government decision followed an inde finite fast by social activist Anna Hazare early this month. The fast triggered a nation-wide upsurge for the creation of an independent and robust Lokpal to er adicate corruption which has become all pervasive, monumental, and chronic. Citizens with rich and varied experience in judiciary, legal profession, constit utional authorities, anti-corruption agencies, civil society movements, and medi a are taking part in the Round Table. Significantly, civil society members on th e Lok Pal joint committee too will be taking part in the Round Table. As a galaxy of eminent and experienced thought leaders and institution builders are coming together in the Round Table, it will provide a platform to reconcile many different perceptions and resolve issues and pave way for a robust, indepen dent anti-corruption institution in the country. In a media statement released here today, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan the coordinato r of the Round Table said that although there is unanimity on the need to consti tute a strong and effective Lokpal there are genuine differences among its propo nents on the contours of the institution.The Round Table, during a daylong sessi on, will grapple with the contentious issues, work out a consensus, and present it to the Prime Minister and his concerned colleagues, and leaders of all partie s in Parliament.Dr. JP said in his statement, â We are at a historic turning point in our struggle against corruption. Let us not stray away from the straight, narro w, and arduous path by slinging mud at each other and defeat the very purpose fo r which the entire nation has risen as one man.â Regards,Surendra Srivastava Volunteer - Lok Satta Aandolan LOK SATTA MOVEMENT - People Power List of invitees for Round Table on Lokpal on 24th April 2011 in Delhi 1. Justice MN Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India 2. Justice JS Verma, Former Chief Justice of India 3. Justice Santosh Hegde, Former Supreme Court Judge & Karnataka Lokayukta 4. Justice Rajindar Sachar, Former Chief Justice - High Court of Delhi 5. Justice Mukul Mudgal, Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court 6. Sri Fali S Nariman, Distinguished Indian Constitutional jurist & Senior advoc ate to the Supreme Court of India 7. Sri Soli Sorabjee, Former Attorney General of India 8. Sri Ram Jethmalani, Former Law Minister of India & a Senior advocate of Supre me Court 9. Shri Shanti Bhusan, Former Union Law Minister & Well Known Supreme Court Advo cate 10. Anil B Divan, Sr. Advocate Supreme Court 11. Sri Prashant Bhushan, Advocate Supreme Court 12. Sri Ashok Arora, Advicate & Former Secretary Supreme Court Bar Association 13. Sri Sanjay Parikh, Advocate Supreme Court 14. Admiral RH Tahiliani, Former Chief of the Naval Staff 15. Sri B B Tandon, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India 16. Sri N Gopalaswami, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India 17. Sri JM Lyngdoh, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India 18. Sri TS Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India 19. Sri P Shankar, Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner 20. Sri Pratyush Sinha, Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner

21. Sri Prakash Singh, Former Director General BSF, DGP UP and Assam, 22. Dr R.K.Raghavan,, Former Director, CBI 23. Dr. Trinath Mishra, Former Director, CBI 24. D.R.Kaarthikeyan, Former Director, CBI 25. Dr Kamal Kumar, Former Director, National Police Academy 26. Sri C Anjaneya Reddy, Former DGP Andhra Pradesh 27. Sri PS Ramamohan Rao, Former Governor Tamil Nadu 28. Sri Julio Ribeiro, Indian Ambassador to Romania & Former DGP Punjab 29. Sri BR Lal, Former DGP Haryana and Jt. Director CBI 30. Smt Kiran Bedi, Social Activist & Former Police Officer 31. Sri K.N. Govindacharya, Thinker and Ideologue 32. Shri Anna Hazare, Social activist 33. Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of Janata Party & Former Law Minister of In dia 34. Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, Ex- IAS, MLA â AP, General Secretary, Foundation for Dem ocratic Reforms & Founder of Lok Satta and Lok Satta Party 35. Sri Sudesh Agarwal, President of Smast Bhartiya Party. 36. Sri TSR Subramanian, Former Cabinet secretary 37. Sri Naresh Chandra, Former Cabinet secretary 38. Sri V. Ramachandran, Former Chief Secretary to Govt & Joint Secretary to Pri me Ministers (Smt. Indira Gandhi and Shri. Morarji Desai), Chairman, Centre for Management Development 39. Sri P.S. Bawa, Chairman, Transparency International India 40. Ms Maja Daruwala, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative 41. Sri Wajahat Habibullah, Chairman , National Commission for Minorities, 42. Ms Aruna Roy , Ex-IAS, Member NAC , Social Activist of MKSS 43. Shri Harsh Mander, ex- IAS, Member NAC & Centre for Equity Studies, 44. Smt. Vineeta Rai, Member Secretary, 2nd ARC 45. Dr Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, Centre for Media Studies 46. Sri Shekar Gupta, Editor In Chief â Indian Express 47. Sri B.G.Verghese, Former Editor, Indian Express and Hindustan Times 48. Sri K C Sivaramakrishnan, Former Secretary to Government of India 49. Sri Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President & Chief Executive - Centre for Policy Rese arch 50. Ms Madhu Kishwar, a leading feminist, and editor of Manushi (a Journal devot ed to human rights and women's rights issues) 51. Prof Yogendra Yadav, Social Scientist 52. Sri Subhash C Kashyap, Member of the National Commission to Review the Worki ng of the Constitution and Chairman of its Drafting and Editorial Committee. For mer Secretary General Loksabha 53. Sri VA Pai Panandiker, Academy of International Education 54. Sri N Ram, Chairman and Editor in-chief The Hindu 55. Smt Indu Jain, Chairperson, Chairperson, Times Foundation, 56. Smt. Shobhana Bhartia â Chairperson, Hindustan times 57. Sri PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA, SENIOR JOURNALIST 58. Sri. Priteesh Nandi, President, Centre for Civil Society 59. Sri Shailesh Gandhi, Central Information Commissioner 60. Dr. Mridula Mukherjee, Director Nehru Memorial 61. Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Founder, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, 62. Shri Aravind Kejariwal, Social Activist, Parivartan 63. Sri Nikhil Dey. Social Activist, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan,Rajasthan 64. Sri K. K. Jaswal, Social Activist, Common Former Rajya Sabha Member & Column ist 65. Sri Parth J. Shah, Causes 66. Sri Sukumar Muralidharan, International Federation of Journalists 67. Sri Shekhar Singh, Working Committee Member, National Campaign for Peopleâ s Righ t to Information (NCPRI) 68. Sri Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, CHRI 69. Smt Devaki Jain 70. Sri Surendra Srivastava, Board Member, Foundation for Democratic Reforms & F

ounder of Lok Satta and Lok Satta Party in Maharashtra and In charge of promotin g Lok Satta Aandolan / Party across India. Posted by Nksagar at 8:54 PM 0 comments