The Hindu: Vijayawada: Wednesday, May 08, 2013.
The Right to
Information Act should be used for achieving “gram swaraj’ by working for a
corruption-free and transparent society. The Samachara Hakku Prachara Ikya
Vedika (A.P) at its second State conference held in Ongole on May 4 and 5
decided that the RTI should be used for rural development through the
implementation of the 73 and 74 amendments.
The
Ikyavedika secretary K.Prasad Siva Rao and general secretary Jampa Krishna
Kishore said that over 300 RTI activists participated in the conference.
The conference
began with the hoisting of the organisation flag by vice-president
Ch.Venkatarmaiah. State president P.Surendra Babu presided.
The second
vice-president V.Brahma Reddy submitted a report about the achievements of
organisation in the past three-and-a-half years.
The new body
of the organisation was elected unanimously at the end of the two-day
conference.
The
newly-elected office-bearers are – honorary president V.Brahma Reddy, president
P.Surendra Babu, vice-presidents T.Krishnamurti Raju and A. Loknath, general
secretaries J Krishna Kishore, P. Venugopal Reddy, secretaries K.P. Siva Rao, A
Rajanna, Sheik Abdul Raheem, and treasurer M.Madhavi.