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The fate of the whistle-blowers, killed because of use of Right to Information (RTI) to expose corruption and to demand transparency, continues unabated, despite the pandemic, with 10 RTI activists having lost their lives, across the country, since March 2020. And what is unnerving is that the cases continue to languish, thanks to apathetic attitude of law enforcing authorities, local authorities, media and society in general.
Since the implementation of the RTI Act in 2005, 91 RTI activists have been killed, 175 have been assaulted, 186 have been threatened and 7 have died by suicide, across the country.
“The increase in the number of attacks on RTI users and activists since March 2020 is very disturbing, to say the least,” says Venkatesh Nayak, RTI research scholar and programme coordinator of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). “Such instances are rampant in Odisha in particular. The increase in the number of activists killed during this period is i
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Several BJP leaders hurled shoes, pens and headphones at Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro s podium.
Suspended MLAs Mishra and Majhi said they had no regrets for hurling slippers and other objects at the Speaker s podium
Bhubaneshwar: The Odisha State Assembly is going through a budget session. An ugly event took place in the state assembly on Saturday (April 3) as several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders allegedly hurled shoes, pens and headphones at Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro s podium.
BJP members were up in arms against Speaker S N Patro after the House passed the Odisha Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill within minutes without any discussion Congress MLAs, too, were livid as the chair had turned down their notice for a discussion on alleged corruption in mining activities.
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BJP members claim Speaker provoked them to create disturbance in assembly
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Last Updated: Apr 04, 2021, 05:04 PM IST
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In a press briefing, Leader of Opposition P K Naik said, BJP MLAs will meet Governor Ganeshi Lal on Monday and request him not to give his assent to the bills passed in the House on Saturday as they were allegedly passed in the assembly without discussion.
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The Speaker had announced suspension of BJP deputy leader in the House B C Sethi, Mohan Majhi, the party s whip, and MLA J N Mishra for the duration of the entire session.
Without expressing any remorse for hurling slippers and paper missiles that landed near the Speaker s podium, BJP lawmakers on Sunday accused Odisha Speaker S N Patro of provoking them. In a press briefing, Leader of Opposition P K Naik said, BJP MLAs will meet Governor Ganeshi Lal on Monday and request him not to give his assent to the bills passed in the House on Saturday as they were allegedly passed in t
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The incident took place when the Opposition Congress brought an adjournment motion to discuss corruption in mining activities (mining business determining the politics in Odisha). All hell broke loose when the Speaker refused to admit the motion for discussion. Both the Congress and BJP MLAs accused the Speaker of adopting a partisan attitude. The situation turned ugly when an amendment to the Odisha Lokayukta bill was passed.
The Opposition MLAs trooped into the well of the House and created a ruckus. Suddenly chappals and other articles were thrown at the podium of the Speaker from the Opposition benches.
Senior BJP legislator Sethi told
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