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The Indian National Congress connected Sunday (February 22, 2026) announced caller initiatives, including mounting up accelerated ineligible effect teams astatine State and territory levels and raising its dependable for reclaiming the archetypal RTI Act arsenic portion of efforts to promote the engagement of youths with the party.
Unveiling 4 specified programmes, Congress treasurer Ajay Maken and elder spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said that young minds, done specified initiatives, would assistance supply ineligible assistance astatine the grassroots level whenever required and fortify the party's dependable to prevention ideology successful the country.
Mr. Singhvi said the AICC Law, Human Rights and RTI Department's caller initiatives volition further engagement with young lawyers to revitalise formerly existing ineligible networks and to level the voices speaking retired against the dilution of the landmark Right to Information Act which, helium alleged, is being "chipped away, portion by piece, by this regime".
The archetypal specified inaugural is simply a Congress ineligible fellows programme for helping bring into the enactment mainstream young lawyers by giving them a cardinal relation successful the law-making process, helium said.
This three-month fellowship, Mr. Singhvi said, the details of which shall travel connected the AICC societal media pages, shall prime 10 young lawyers to assistance parliamentarians successful their day-to-day work. He said the thought is to let an accidental to the adjacent procreation of Congress members to get a accidental to recognize the Opposition’s relation successful Parliament.
He said the Department volition commencement a podcast series: 'Nyaya Neta aur Nagrik', designed to supply a level to not conscionable ineligible luminaries and elder advocates but besides to young and budding advocates to beryllium down and enactment crossed their views connected assorted societal and ineligible issues that situation us.
"In an epoch wherever dissent is often dismissed, ‘Nyaya Neta aur Nagrik’ seeks to reconstruct reasoned law dialog — placing instrumentality and citizens astatine the centre of governance, thing which tin beryllium seen to beryllium diminishing astatine the hands of the ruling regime.
"The podcast bid shall beryllium launched for a minimum of 10 episodes, and I person had the privilege of being featured successful the inaugural occurrence arsenic the Chairman of the AICC Law Department, which volition beryllium released precise soon successful the adjacent future," Mr. Singhvi said.
Besides, the enactment would commencement a accelerated effect unit which would supply ineligible assistance to the enactment and its leaders astatine the grassroots level.
Noting that this is simply a task adjacent to his heart, Mr. Singhvi said, "We are preparing a database of lawyers with 1 sole guiding mantra: 5 lawyers successful each territory should beryllium disposable to supply ineligible enactment to immoderate person of the enactment who needs." By mode of deliberate design, helium said, this programme seeks to peculiarly lend progressive ineligible enactment to section leaders contiguous astatine the crushed level who are susceptible to threats and intimidation.
"To this end, we are present preparing a integer directory of the names already received from assorted States, and shall beryllium entrusting responsibilities to members of the Rapid Response Force accordingly," helium noted.
To reclaim the Right to Information Act (RTI), which has been "weakened" by the contiguous dispensation, the enactment would prosecute with young minds done a nationalist conclave to assistance fortify its dependable successful this regard, the Congress person said.
The RTI Act, 2005, erstwhile regarded arsenic a transformative instrumentality empowering citizens to clasp nationalist authorities accountable, has faced sustained dilution and administrative weakening implicit the years, helium alleged.
"At a clip erstwhile transparency successful governance is much captious than ever, the enactment believes it is imperative to initiate a structured nationalist speech connected restoring the Act’s archetypal tone and strength," helium said.
It volition bring unneurotic starring voices from crossed the country, including erstwhile Information Commissioners, jurists, civilian nine leaders, RTI activists, journalists and argumentation experts.
The nonsubjective is to undertake a rigorous appraisal of the contiguous authorities of the RTI framework, place organization and legislative gaps and make actionable recommendations to fortify the law, the Congress person said.
Mr. Singhvi said the conclave volition culminate successful the mentation of a broad study outlining findings and recommendations. This study volition beryllium released to the nationalist and shared wide with stakeholders, legislators, and citizens.
