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Charging BJP with diluting the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud said that the 2019 RTI amendments curtailed the independency of Information Commissions by bringing their tenure and work conditions nether Central control, making commissioners susceptible to authorities pressure.
Speaking to the media connected the 20th day of the RTI Act connected Sunday (October 12), helium recalled that nether the 2023 Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, the amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI expanded the explanation of “personal information.” This allowed authorities to contradict accusation antecedently disposable to the nationalist for their involvement specified arsenic elector lists, authorities money usage, and expenditure details.
“This amendment has opened the doors to conceal nationalist information. RTI became a lifeline for the mediocre and marginalised, giving them entree to rights related to ration distribution, pensions, arrears, scholarships but the BJP is present blocking it all,” helium alleged.
The Congress, helium said, demands the repeal of the 2019 RTI amendments and a reappraisal of Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act to safeguard transparency. He urged the authorities to capable each vacancies successful Central and State Information Commissions instantly and found wide show standards and nationalist reporting mechanisms.
He recalled that the UPA authorities had introduced respective historical legislations that strengthened the instauration of societal justness and transparency, and they collectively ensured that each citizen, particularly the poor, had entree to rights, employment, and justice, praising erstwhile PM Dr. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi for their leadership.
