31 October 2020 We are a group of former officers of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in different capacities. We have come together as a group known as the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG). This group does not support any political party but believes in impartiality, …
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21 October 2020 We are a group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services, who have worked for decades with Central and State Governments in the course of our careers. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but believe in the credo of impartiality, neutrality and commitment …
3 October 2020 Dear Chief Minister, Just when we thought that nothing could numb our consciences and brains further, the handling of the Hathras incident by the Uttar Pradesh administration has shown that, as a nation, we are plumbing the depths of depravity and callousness in governance. A young Dalit woman is brutally violated. Almost …
1 September 2020 Honourable Home Minister of India Honourable Minister for Information & Broadcasting, India Chairman, National Human Rights Commission Chairman, Minorities Commission Chairman, Union Public Service Commission Chairman, News Broadcasting Standards Authority Honourable Lt Governor, Delhi Honourable Chief Minister, Delhi Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, …
24 August,2020 Dear Mr Zuckerberg, We are a group of former civil servants of India belonging to the All India and Central Services, who have worked, in the course of our careers, with the Central Government as well as different State Governments of India. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party …
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12 July 2020 Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, Honourable Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar As former civil servants of the All-India and Central Services, we have been commenting from time to time on the rapid deterioration of constitutional and fundamental human values in public policy and governance. While …
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Assault on the Rule of Law and Article 19 of the Constitution of India 04 July 2020 This statement by our group of former civil servants arises from our deep concern at the assault on the Rule of Law in India and on its citizens’ rights to free speech and dissent, basic elements of any …
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11 June, 2020 Dear friends in the media, On March 22, 2020, 95 retired civil servants belonging to the Constitutional Conduct Group wrote an Open Letter “In defence of Harsh Mander” regarding the mischaracterization of his speech at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 16, 2019. In the letter (attached), we had said: “ …Harsh Mander, …
23 April 2020 To Chief Ministers of all States of India Lt. Governors of all Union Territories of India Copied to: Prime Minister of India Dear Chief Minister/Lt. Governor, We are a group of former civil servants belonging to the All-India and Central Services, from all over India. As a group, we do not subscribe …
March 22, 2020 We are a group of retired civil servants belonging to the All-India and Central Services from all over India. As a group, we do not subscribe to any particular political ideology but rather, focus upon issues that have a bearing upon the Indian Constitution. We have been holding Conclaves and writing Open …
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