Dear Friends,
Many of us have been actively working towards cleaner Governments through National Election Watch (NEW),  Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other organizations. Today’s papers say:
“Raja, who represents the DMK in the Lok Sabha, has been nominated to the Standing Committee on Energy. Kalmadi, Congress member of the Lok Sabha, has been nominated to the Standing Committee on External Affairs. The Parliamentary Standing Committees examine the bills and give suggestions to the proposed legislations related to the ministries concerned. … Raja, who was arrested in connection with the 2G scam on February 2 last year, is on bail since May 15 this year. Kalmadi also spent about nine months in jail before being released on bail on January 19 this year. … DMK MP Kanimozhi, who was also accused in some cases related to the 2G spectrum allocation, has been nominated to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs. “
While ADR will issue a press note condemning this move, I would request everyone to email or send a fax to the Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, the President of India asking them to remove such tainted persons from Parliamentary Standing Committees. It is now clear that the Government does not want to fight corruption. In a democracy, numbers do count and each such message from you will have its own impact. Along with your message, please mark a copy to adr@adrindia.org The contacts of these persons is given below:
Manmohan Singh
Telephone: 91-11-23012312, 23018939
Fax: 91-11-23019545 / 91-11-23016857.                                      
manmohan@sansad.nic.in
 
soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in                        
011-23014161
Fax: 23018651
soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in
 
Lal Krishna Advani:
011-23794124
Fax No. : 011-23017419
advanilk@sansad.nic.in                
 
Rahul Gandhi
Fax: 23012410
011-23795161
office@rahulgandhi.in    
 
 
speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in                              
Tels. (011) 23017795, 23017914, 23014011
 Fax. (011) 23792927
Email : lokmail@sansad.nic.in
 
PMO
Telephone: 91-11-23012312.
Fax: 91-11-23019545 / 91-11-23016857.
 
 
Vice-President's House,
Telephone - 011-23016422, 23016344
E-mail: vpindia@nic.in
 
 
Nitin Gadkari
Cell: +91 9821080522
Tel: 91 - 11- 23011027
Fax: 91 - 11- 23013027
Email: www.nitingadkari.org
 
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Trilochan Sastry
Founder and Chairman, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
and
Professor, Indian Institute of Management
Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore 560076, India
Phone: 91-80-2699-3285
Fax: 91-80-2658-4050
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