CCG OPEN LETTER – DEMAND FOR ACTION ON HATE SPEECH BY LOK SABHA MP PRAGYA THAKUR

7 January 2023 We are a group of former officers of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in the course of our careers. As members of the Constitutional Conduct Group, we believe in impartiality, neutrality and commitment to the Indian Constitution and in safeguarding its values. …

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OPEN STATEMENT – GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021

9 April 2021             We are a group of former civil servants of the All India Services and Central Services who have worked for decades with the Central and State Governments. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but are committed to the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution of …

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CCG OPEN LETTER TO THE CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH: WITHDRAWAL OF ORDINANCE ON INTERFAITH MARRIAGE

29 December 2020 Mananiya Mukhya Mantriji,             It is with deep disapproval and concern that we, a group of former civil servants, seek to address your government on a matter of overriding importance for the continued unity of our nation. We should like to clarify at the start that we, as a group, have no …

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CCG Statement on simultaneous elections to Parliament and State Assemblies

08 December 2020 The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) is a group of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services and is non-partisan and apolitical in nature. Many of its members have conducted, managed and supervised elections to Parliament and State Assemblies during their time in government service. We have noted Prime Minister …

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF INDIA: INDIA DOES NOT NEED THE CAA-NPR-NRIC

9 January 2020 Dear Fellow Citizens of India, Over the past few weeks, many of you have been understandably agitated over the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 ("CAA"). Your fears have been compounded by the contradictory and confusing statements made by spokespersons of the Government of India on the implementation of the National …

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Ayodhya letter

6 December 2019 We, a collective of retired civil servants deeply committed to the values and guarantees of the Indian constitution, share with our fellow Indians our extreme grief and deep concern about where India stands today, 27 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December, 1992. We recall that …

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Open Letter on the proper implementation of VVPAT-based audit of EVMs

We are a group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services who have worked for decades with the Central and State Governments during our careers. We wish to make it clear that, as a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but believe in impartiality, neutrality and commitment to …

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Open letter to citizens of India – Assam NRC exercise and citizenship

4 February 2019 Our group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services has, over the last twenty months, issued a number of letters expressing our concern at the erosion of constitutional values in the country and the weakening of institutions entrusted with ensuring the functioning of a healthy democracy. As in …

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Open Letter From Former Civil Servants: Murder Of Police Officer In Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh

18 December 2018 We are a group of retired civil servants from the All India and Central Services who, having spent long years in the service of the Constitution of India, have come together to express ourselves on issues of governance and public policy that have a bearing on constitutional principles, conduct and ethics.  Since …

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