Extend support to family of slain RTI activist Guru Prasad Shukla : Urvashi Sharma

YAISHWARYAJ's Call for extending support to the peaceful demonstration
by agitating family of slain RTI activist Guru Prasad Shukla

Dear friends,
When right to information activist Guru Prasad Shukla ( District
Bahraich – Uttar Pradesh ) was beaten to death, he became the 39th
person to lay down his life for exercising the transparency law in its
first decade of RTI. Another 275 people have reportedly been assaulted
or harassed for invoking the law to raise uncomfortable questions
before those in power.The 48-year-old Shukla had sought information
about development work in his village and was killed by village head
Triloki Nath Dubey and his relatives in broad daylight. Most other
victims, too, suffered for exposing small scams in the countryside by
using the law that came into force in October 2005.

Its noteworthy to mention here that Late Guru Prasad was a landless
labour and was the sole earning member of his family.

From 12th October 2015, the family of slain RTI activist Guru Prasad
Shukla is holding an indefinite peaceful sit-in at Mahatma Gandhi
Park,Near G.P.O. Hazratganj, Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India.

The family's demands include a compensation package involving 25 Lakhs
cash, a government job, a house and safety; security to the family;
suo-moto disclosure of all pending RTIs of Late Guru Prasad;time bound
action on all pending complaints of Late Guru Prasad and imposition of
N.S.A. on all those who killed Prasad.

7 days have elapsed but so far, the voice of this family has not
reached to the govt. of UP but district administration is bent upon to
displace the family from the demonstration site. District
administration and local police is threatening the family now n then
to bind-up their demonstration.

Yesterday, ACM (Lucknow) Vinod Kumar visited Gandhi park Lucknow and
threatened agitating family of slain RTI activist Guru Prasad of dire
consequences if they continue their indefinite peaceful demonstration.
Now we need support of the nation in this matter of fundamental right
of peaceful demonstration.

We are trying our level best so that the family's demonstration is not
discontinued without addressing their demands but we do have certain
limitations and now we need help of whole RTI fraternity of India.

So, I am hereby making this call to you all to extend support (
Financial help/legal help/ Physical presence at demonstration site/
writing letters to CM or Governor of UP ) to the agitating family of
slain RTI activist Guru Prasad Shukla. You should call/SMS D.M.
Lucknow at 9415005000 and register your protest against this
undemocratic approach of Lucknow district administration.

Your every effort shall be of great help in strengthening the
transparency movement in India.

Lucknow/18-10-2015(Sunday)
Regards,
Urvashi Sharma
Mob. 9369613513