The Times of India:Hyderabad:Wednesday,February 15, 2012.
Not giving up yet on the selection of information commissioners, civil society activists have now decided to take public opinion across the state and communicate the same to the government.
It will now place ballot boxes across districts, ask people to cast their vote on whether the selection procedure of the information commissioners was transparent or politically influenced. The voters will tick on 'yes' or 'no' and activists say they will take this data to the government.
B Ramakrishna Raju, convenor, United Forum for RTI Campaign, said that 2.5 lakh ballot slips have been prepared. "We have decided to include people through this 'Praja' ballot process. We want to know what people think of the quality of candidates and will convey the same to the government," he said. He also appealed to the people to participate actively in the process.
The ballot process will be held in Hyderabad on Wednesday from 10 am to 6 pm. Ballot boxes will be placed in 12 centres in the city near bus stops in areas such as Jubilee Hills, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad railway station, Nampally Public Gardens, Lingampally, Madhapur and Charminar, among others.
The voting process in about 22 districts of the state will be held on February 21 at various centres with about 10,000 ballot slips for each district.
The results of the process will be announced and made public on February 22 which will later be submitted to the government.
Apart from that, the activists have also announced a parallel signature campaign, where they plan to collect 2 lakh signatures. V B J Rao Chelikani, president, senior citizens' association said, "The Praja ballot will be a one-time campaign but the signature campaign will be a continuous process.
As part of this campaign, we are appealing to the public to sign their disapproval of the appointment of present commissioners and directly mail or fax it to the chief minister or the governor."
It will now place ballot boxes across districts, ask people to cast their vote on whether the selection procedure of the information commissioners was transparent or politically influenced. The voters will tick on 'yes' or 'no' and activists say they will take this data to the government.
B Ramakrishna Raju, convenor, United Forum for RTI Campaign, said that 2.5 lakh ballot slips have been prepared. "We have decided to include people through this 'Praja' ballot process. We want to know what people think of the quality of candidates and will convey the same to the government," he said. He also appealed to the people to participate actively in the process.
The ballot process will be held in Hyderabad on Wednesday from 10 am to 6 pm. Ballot boxes will be placed in 12 centres in the city near bus stops in areas such as Jubilee Hills, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad railway station, Nampally Public Gardens, Lingampally, Madhapur and Charminar, among others.
The voting process in about 22 districts of the state will be held on February 21 at various centres with about 10,000 ballot slips for each district.
The results of the process will be announced and made public on February 22 which will later be submitted to the government.
Apart from that, the activists have also announced a parallel signature campaign, where they plan to collect 2 lakh signatures. V B J Rao Chelikani, president, senior citizens' association said, "The Praja ballot will be a one-time campaign but the signature campaign will be a continuous process.
As part of this campaign, we are appealing to the public to sign their disapproval of the appointment of present commissioners and directly mail or fax it to the chief minister or the governor."
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