Corruption undermines the foundations of democracy, rule of law and Constitutional governance system and erodes human rights and the moral fabric of society, said SIT (Black Money) Vice-Chairman Justice Arijit Pasayat at a workshop on “Corruption, Human Rights and Governance,” organised by the Vigilance Directorate here as part of the the organisation’s diamond jubilee celebrations.
Justice Pasayat said corruption breeds inequality and injustice and corrodes the basic values of liberty, equality and fraternity enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian constitution.
He also emphasised the need to connect the discourse on human rights to anti-corruption campaign so as to safeguard human dignity and basic rights of the individual.
He stressed on the fact that corruption should be seen as a systemic issue and it can be addressed by adopting a right based approach to fighting corruption and thereby empowering the people and ensuring transparency, accountability and good governance. The workshop was presided over by State Vigilance Director Rajendra Prasad Sharma and attended Inspectors, DSPs, Additional SPs and SPs of Vigilance Directorate. Vigilance ADG Debasish Panigrahi offered a vote of thanks.