Thursday 26 August, 2010

The “Ugly face” of the ECI: Arrest of Hari Prasad for “sting demonstration”

Election Commission of India. It is the safety valve of the largest democracy machine in the world. The recent arrest of a scientist exposing the weakness of electronic voting machines was arrested for not revealing the source from where he had acquired the machine to test. The fear of few officials because theycould lose their job might eventually destroy a Democracy at its roots.

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Monday 23 August, 2010

Sonia Gandhi

Hi,

Soon all of us will be eating genetically contaminated food. The Cabinet has just approved the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill which will allow genetically modified food into the country. The bill can be tabled in the Parliament anytime.

The BRAI will be a body of technocrats whose decisions will remain unquestioned. Our state governments and people like us will not be able to question this body.

To stop this, Greenpeace, a civil society organisation working on varied issues including sustainable agriculture, is sending an open letter to the National Advisory Council (NAC) Chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi. The letter asks her to make the Government re-draft this bill after consulting the public. I have already signed this letter and more signatures will make the case stronger.

Can you also sign this letter to Sonia Gandhi?

www.greenpeace.in/safefood/change-brai-bill-stop-gm-food-india/

Thanks!

saugat.datta@gmail.com

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