ANNA HAZARE’S CRUSADE WAS NOT FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR ALL THE INDIANS.

We, the Shillongites, stride on the 9^th of April for the righteous cause, various activists groups like the Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya (GCCM), Art of Living, Central Puja Committee, Khasi Students Union (KSU), Federation of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP), Civil Society of Women Organisation (CSWO), Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), Meghalaya Trade Union and others participated in the convention. A draft was circulated during the meeting for the signature campaign, to get the public opinion on the Right to information movement.

I am including few points mentioned in the draft for an effective Anti Corruption Commission below:

1. It has to be independent

2. The selection process of Commissioners has to be transparent & participatory,

3. It needs pro-active powers to investigate & charge sheet corruption in all aspects of governance & public life, from Chief Minister to office assistant.

4. A fast track court has to be associated with the commission, which shall have to give time bound judgments. Commission should have its own independent legal team to represent it.

5. It has to be accessible & people friendly like RTI & have a strong relationship to the RTI Act.

This gathering showed the public strength & keenness to eradicate corruption from the system. We look forward for the success & constant follow-up of the Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill).

Its time, we, Indians must curb out corruption; neither participate nor allow others to veil dishonesty.

Jai Hind!