The youth and armed forces veterans should come forward for brining transparency and cleanliness in the political system, said the former Governor of Mizoram, lt Gen M M lakhera (Rtd) while addressing a meeting of ex-servicemen and intellectuals here on Sunday. The meeting was organized under " Uttarakhand Vikalp" campaign. lakhera said that people should support honest and clean candidates in the ensuing assembly elections and urged the former armed forces personnel to overthrow corrupt from the state. Emphasizing a need to present a clean and honest political alternative before the people, he exhorted youth and intellectuals to take an active part in the campaign to usher in a new political system in state.
Senior counsel B P Nautiyal said that current political situation has worried the judiciary. Noted physician Dr B K Oli said that all people interested for fair and clean politics should come under one umbrella.
The meeting was also addressed by Dr B K Nautiyal, Manoj Dhyani, lt Gen Ram Pradhan (rtd), G S Chauhan, Brig N P Bahuguna (rtd) and others.
It was decided that an open convention would be organized at Gairsain on December 11.