Dear Mr Manoj Kamra: The complaint/report to the Press Council of India was only one the 3 threats held out by me to the newspaper . That too the last threat . I had no intentions to do so anyways .
1. Publish a retraction at the same location and in the same size 2. Name the reporter/s who have filed this story . 3. Express apology for not contacting me and obtaining and printing my side of the story within 24 hrs or else face defamation proceedings, a fact that would be highlighted in all rival newspapers who would lap this up with glee . May add that I am not a novice that you seem to have taken me for . Dr Arun Agrawal ________________________________ From: MANOJ KAMRA <> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009 2:13:09 Subject: Re: [rti_india] Hearing - Disclosure I.T. returnsof NGOs Dear Dr. Arun Agarwal, What do you think about press council for getting relief on defamatory article published.IF you are satisfied with publishing your version.ACTUALLY ,YOU SHOULD HAVE INSISTED FOR PUBLISHING REGRET BY NEWSPAPER. Unfortunately , in press council inquiry committee of 25 persons, 20 are journalists( a profession having no minimum qualifications stipulated even press council have refused to give minimum qualification of journalist in RTI reply.Nobody can get relief in prevailing set up of 20 members of inquiry committee to be journalists) . At the most, it can recommend to DAVP to ban govt advt. for merely three months.So newspapers are not very much dependent on govt. advt. as news publishing is secondary task of any newspaper after covering up all booked advt.So it will be childish to think threat of teethless press council. --- On Tue, 7/21/09, arun agrawal <arun_agrawal@ yahoo.com> wrote: From: arun agrawal <arun_agrawal@ yahoo.com> Subject: [rti_india] Hearing - Disclosure I.T. returnsof NGOs To: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com Cc: rak...@nyayabhoomi. org, lawyer_rajiv@ yahoo.com, "ps sharda" <pssha...@hotmail. com>, kcagarwal44@ yahoo.co. in, jpsha...@yahoo. co.in, suchd...@gmail. com, "Bimal Khemani" <bimal.khemani@ gmail.com>, featin...@gmail. com, kushwahaabhay@ yahoo.co. in Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 2:01 PM Rakeshji: I am very concerned to read all this . How is this mud being splashed in the open ? I thought S Roy was an ethical and knowledgable person . Rakesh : * You are much younger to me in age so I take the liberty of addressing you as such .* Whatever the internal squabbles of NBH. ORG be , no one has the right to comment on internal matters . RTI Act provide or require any applicant to state the reason for filing the RTI , nor to what purpose the information so obtained wil be put to . Quite often , more particularly in case of NGOs , personal interests and public interests are inter related . The reason for all this messy business is that this seems to be an unmoderated portal where anyone can us his constitutional right of expression to denigrate anyone ( at the same time one could consider defamation if aggrived ) . On 14 July, Punjab Kesari in its NCR edition, published some defamatory remarks against me in respect an international NGO I am associated with and my transactions with it . I gave them hell threeatening to take them to Press Council and now today they have published my version . Another (bigger) story will come tomorrow . You must not take such things lying down and be satisfied with some comments on a portal , which not many take seriously . Earlier also I had noticed that some other groups were entering this forum and using it to air their own grievances . I put the entire blame at the door of the moderator , I believe Sarabjit Roy, the person whom you thanked in adbance for agreeing to come for the hearing on 15th July before IC (MLS) . Dr Arun Agrawal rom: Rakesh Agarwal <rak...@nyayabhoomi . org> To: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com Cc: Wajahat Habibullah <whabibullah@ nic.in>; shaileshgandhi@ nic.in; aruna roy <mkssrajasthan@ yahoo.com>; aruna roy <aruna...@jp1. dot.net.in> Sent: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009 0:29:32 Subject: RE: [rti_india] Re: Hearing - Disclosure I.T. returnsof NGOs Mr. Roy You have a remarkable quality of putting your foot into your mouth - the mouth that does not even wait for the hat to drop before expletives gush out of it like muddy water out of a broken sewer line. Yes, I am using RTI to settle private differences inasmuch as to serve public interest. You object? No, I am not "formerly with" NyayaBhoomi. The so-called third party is, and his son is ashamed of him. Let the court decide where the matter rests. No, the IT Dept did not make out a convincing case, let alone a "very". They are making a laughing stock of themselves, much like you do of yourself. You have accused everyone from God downward - including Wajahat, S. Gandhi, Aruna Roy - of being a CIA agent. It has now been conclusively proven that you are the only CIA - Certified Idiot of Asia. Rakesh From: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:rti_ in...@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf Of sroy1947 Sent: 17 July 2009 13:41 To: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: [rti_india] Re: Hearing - Disclosure I.T. returnsof NGOs Has this order come up on net? The buzz on another egroup is that IT Dept made out a very convincing case during arguments that Rakesh Agrawal "formerly with" NyayaBhoomi was misusing RTI to settle his private differences. Hope the final order does not f*** up the scene even more. Sarbajit --- In rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> , Sidharth <sidharthbbsr@ ...> wrote: > > Dear Rakesh ji & Sarbajit Roy ji, > > Pls do your best at the hearing. Best of Luck. > > Dear Rakesh, > > Please raise the issue of 35AC exemptions. Much bigger moollah is > invloved there. > > Best rgds, > > Sidharth > > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Rakesh Agarwal <rak...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Exactly, Sir. Thank you. So are we meeting on 15th at 2:30 p.m.? Your > > presence will be of great help. > > > > Rakesh > > > > From: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> [mailto:rti_ in...@yahoogrou ps.com <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> ] On Behalf > > Of sroy1947 > > Sent: 07 July 2009 11:02 > > To: rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> > > Subject: [rti_india] Re: Hearing - Disclosure I.T. returnsof NGOs > > > > If information "relating to" an NGO is held by a public authority WHICH THE > > PIO INTENDS TO DISCLOSE IN RTI (there being no section 8 bar) a section 11 > > notice is issued to the NGO concerned to oppose disclosure. > > > > On the other hand if the PIO ON HIS OWN feels that a section 8 exemption > > applies to bar disclosure then where is the question of section 11 notice, > > because the PIO alone must defend his denial. This is especially so in cases > > where the Govt has granted financial concessions (like 80G) on the basis of > > material available to it. It is crucial that any citizen of India be allowed > > to examine the material (records) on the basis of which such administrative > > concession was given ON DEMAND - the non-disclosure of which shall only > > foster / perpetuate a regime of corruption. > > > > Sarbajit > > > > --- In rti_in...@yahoogrou ps.com <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> <mailto:rti_ india%40yahoogro ups.com> , > > "Rakesh Agarwal" <rakesh@> wrote: > > > > > > A hearing is scheduled for 15.07.09 at 2:30 before Information > > Commissioner > > > Sh. M.L. Sharma, Delhi. I request presence of those who may want to > > present > > > their views before the Commission. > > > > > > Three hearings have been conducted into a matter involving disclosure of > > > income tax returns and other documents that the NGOs submit with the > > income > > > tax authorities to claim exemption u/s 80G. > > > > > > The public authority is seeking to deny information on the ground that it > > is > > > personal information whereas I am arguing that all NGOs, especially ones > > > seeking exemption, grants and subsidies, claim to work for the welfare of > > > public which is clearly a matter of public interest. NGOs cannot claim > > > protection from disclosure of information which is held by the Government. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Rakesh Agarwal > > > > > > Secretary, NyayaBhoomi > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
