Dear friends,
When right to information activist Guru Prasad Shukla (
District Bahraich – Uttar Pradesh ) was beaten to death, he became the 39th
person to lay down his life for exercising the transparency law in its first
decade of RTI. Another 275 people have reportedly been assaulted or harassed
for invoking the law to raise uncomfortable questions before those in power.The
48-year-old Shukla had sought information about development work in his village
and was killed by village head Triloki Nath Dubey and his relatives in broad
daylight. Most other victims, too, suffered for exposing small scams in the
countryside by using the law that came into force in October
2005.
Its noteworthy to mention here that Late Guru Prasad was a
landless labour and was the sole earning member of his family.
From 12th October 2015, the family of slain RTI activist
Guru Prasad Shukla is staging a continuous sit-in at Mahatma Gandhi Park,Near G.P.O. Hazratganj,
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India.
The family’s main demands include a compensation package
involving 25 Lakhs cash, a government job, a house and safety; security to the
family; suo-moto disclosure of all pending RTIs of Late Guru Prasad;time bound
action on all pending complaints of Late Guru Prasad, addition of applicable sections of IPC in FIR and
imposition of N.S.A. on all those who killed Prasad.
13 days have elapsed but so far but the demands of agitating
family have not been addressed by the govt. of UP. Now we need support of the
nation in this matter.
So, I am hereby
making this call to you all to extend support ( Financial help/legal help/
Physical presence at demonstration site/
writing letters to CM or Governor of UP )
to the agitating family of slain RTI activist Guru Prasad Shukla.
Your every effort shall be of great help in strengthening
the transparency movement in India.
Lucknow/24-10-2015(Saturday)
Regards,
Urvashi Sharma
Mob. 9369613513
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