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#5YearsOfArappor #LokAyuktha @Arappor
Arappor Iyakkam is about to complete 5 years since Inception on Aug 22nd 2015 and thanks its contributors immensely for enabling us. At this moment we would like to reflect upon the past 5 years of work that was taken up by the organisation

P2: Everyone is aware today that Arappor has been raising its whip on Corruption for the past 5 years. One of the first works that Arappor involved itself into was the work that was undertaken to implement a strong Lokayukta in Tamilnadu

P3: which covers not just the CM, the Minister but also all the officials of the government. The original Arappor Lokayukta draft was drawn up with the contribution of several eminent people like former Lokayukta head Mr. Santosh Hedge

P4: Mr Gnani, Mrs Vasanthi Devi, Mr Suresh, Mr Poornalingam and a committee was formed. Once the committee came up with a Model of the Lokayukta bill which was further put up for public scrutiny and feedback.

P6: Based on the feedback the committee came up with the final version of the Draft Lokayukta Bill which was released by SC Advocate Mr. @pbhushan1 in March 2016 to the public.

P7: We also met with all Political parties & gave a draft copy and explained the salient features of this model bill. Its to be stressed that it was Arappor's handiwork which made some political parties include the Lokayukta as a promise in their respective Election Manifesto's.

P8: At this juncture the AIADMK govt which came to power after a lot of pressure passed a useless JokeAyukta Bill in the Assembly a couple of years ago. This so called Lokayukta until today does not even have an office and has disappeared from the Corruption map of TN.

P10: Instead of this JokeAyukta we all need to once again stress for a strong Lokayukta bill and we all need to come together to realise this dream. Draft Bills in Tamil & English along with an article on Lokayukta Bill below

Model bills
In Tamil: arappor.org/public/Documen…
In English: arappor.org/public/Documen…
@citizenmatters Article: chennai.citizenmatters.in/for-a-corrupti…

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