> RTI FINDINGS LEAD TO VIOLENT THREATS IN ASSAM > Guwahati, May 20, 2007: Akhil Gogoi of Golaghat town in Assam has been a > beleaguered man for more than a year now. His life under threat, he has > been practically forced to go underground following multiple applications > under the RTI Act that would bring to light massive corruption by local > officials. He is not alone. Namita Subedi, Sanjit Tanti and many others > in Assam have also faced violent threats after they questioned the > implementation of various schemes through RTI.
Thank you, Sanjib-da, for forwarding this article. It is not a coincidence that the anti-corruption movement is called the Transparency International. (http://www.transparency.org/). Right to information and transparency in governance is indeed the way to go forward. I hope the scope of RTI in India is further extended so that greater public participation, or at least scrutiny, in public affairs and governance becomes possible. x ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
