Tathya.in, April 10, 2011
Bhawanipatna:10/April/2011
Few people of India know that the Lokpal Bill for which Anna Hazare was fasting and the civil society backed him for fighting altogether was the brain child of a leading Odia Member of Parliament, Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo.
The Maharaja was the former MP from Kalahandi.
Dr Baba Mishra Reader in History at Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna, who had studied the contributions of Mr. Deo reassured this fact and said the Maharaja was a great visionary for the nation.
Mr. Deo first introduced Lok Pal bill in the opening session of the 4th Parliament in 1965.
He had circumvented the procedure laid down in the Constitution by moving Substitute Motion ‘that this bill providing for appointment and function of an authority named Lok Pal for investigation of administrative acts in certain cases and for that matter connected therewith, be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon by the first day of the next session’.
At that point of time he had even charged the Union Government of giving shelter to corrupt men, to remain callous the cancerous growth of corruption, the helplessness of citizens subjected to improper and unjust acts, for which they had no recourse to.
For the first time in the history of the Indian Parliament, the Government was defeated in a Substitute Motion, which was brought by Mr. Deo.
The Maharaja had received unanimous support across the country as well as all the national news papers brought this issue to fore.
However, later the bill was kept in cold storage.
If at that point of time, this bill would have been cleared, all the maladies of kickbacks, scams and bribe taking could have been prevented without wasting much public fund and energy during past 45 years, rued a former member of Parliament.
Perhaps this is the time to look back the contribution of this great Odia personality's urge for clean administration through a Lokpal Bill, said he.
Dr.Mishra also said that Mr. Deo had introduced many important bills, development of Odishan culture and popularizing Odia culture such as Shri Jagannath Temple in Delhi, etc and debated important issues over the development of Odisha in particular.
Despite fewer supports from the State Government, Mr. Deo had visualized the multi-purpose Upper Indravati project long before any politicians in the state could do that.
He proposed Lanjigarh road – Amauda railway line in 1960s and was continuously fighting for it.
Towards the end of his life he dreamt for a university in the backward Kalahandi region, which is yet to be fulfilled, rued Digambara Patra, leading NRO.
Dr.Patra is spearheading movement for setting up a university in Kalahandi, which is need of the hour, feel many educationists.
Much-publicised Lokpal Bill was Deo’s brainchild in 1965
The Pioneer, April 12, 2011
PNS, Bhubaneswar
Few people in India know that the Lokpal Bill, for which Anna Hazare was fasting and the civil society backed him, was the brainchild of a leading Odisha Member of Parliament, Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo of Kalahandi.
Dr Baba Mishra, Reader in History at the Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna, who had studied Deo’s contributions, said the Maharaja was a great visionary. Deo first introduced Lok Pal Bill in the opening session of the 4th Parliament in 1965.
Deo had circumvented the procedure laid down in the Constitution by moving a Substitute Motion ‘That this Bill providing for appointment and function of an authority named Lok Pal for investigation of administrative acts in certain cases and for that matter connected therewith, be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon by the first day of the next session.’
At that point of time, he had even charged the Union Government with giving shelter to corrupt men and remaining callous towards the cancerous growth of corruption, foe which helpless citizens had no remedy.
For the first time in the history of the Indian Parliament, the Government was defeated in the Substitute Motion brought by Deo. The Maharaja had received unanimous support from across the country and the national news papers had brought the issue to fore.
But later, the Bill was kept in cold storage. If the Bill had been cleared, the maladies of kickbacks and scams could have been prevented without wasting public fund and energy during the past 45 years, rued a former Member of Parliament.
Dr Baba Mishra said Deo had introduced many other important Bills and worked for popularisation of Odia culture such as establishment of Sri Jagannath Temple in Delh. He debated on important issues over development of Odisha in particular.
Despite lack of desirable support from the State Government, Deo had visualised the multi-purpose Upper Indravati project long before any politicians in the State could do so. He proposed a Lanjigarh Road-Amauda railway line in the 1960s and was continuously fighting for it.
Towards the end of his life, Deo dreamt of a university in the backward Kalahandi region, which is yet to be fulfilled, rued leading non-resident Odia Digambara Patra
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