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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mohammed Nadimul Haque connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) alleged successful the Rajya Sabha that the cardinal authorities is 'reluctant and scared' astir disclosing accusation nether Right to Information (RTI) Act and demanded that the sanctity of instrumentality should beryllium protected.
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During Zero Hour, Mr. Haque said nether Article 19 of the Constitution, close to question accusation has been recognised arsenic a cardinal right.
"Despite this, the RTI Act 2005 is being systematically demolished by this government. When it was introduced, India's RTI Act was miles up of akin laws successful different countries. We are the lone state wherever determination is simply a clip bounds of 30 days for providing information," helium said.
He rued that 20 years later, the NDA, that is "No Data Available" authorities has made a mockery of RTI.
As of November 2025, 8 of the 10 posts astatine the Central Information Commission are vacant, helium informed the House.
To marque it worse, India does not person a Chief Information Commissioner since September 5, helium alleged. Due to this, it takes astir 2 to 3 years to dispose of pending 2nd appeals, and by that clip the accusation fixed has nary meaning, helium pointed out.
"This authorities likes to speech astir integer India. In reality, the RTI website is simply a nightmare. Over the past 7 months, RTI activists person been complaining astir website crashes and delayed OTPs. By not fixing the issue, the authorities is showing however reluctant and frightened it is astir disclosing information," helium said.
"We saw the aforesaid contented with the Waqf Umeed portal recently, which was afloat of glitches, yet the authorities not lone failed to hole it, but besides failed to widen the deadline," helium informed the House.
People of India request information, which is their right.
The radical of Bengal merit to cognize wherefore ₹52,000 crore of pending Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) dues person not been released by the Union authorities contempt tribunal order, helium stated.
"We merit to cognize by erstwhile the pending dues of ₹2 lakh crore nether assorted schemes volition beryllium released by the Union government. We person seen, however this authorities runs distant from the accountability successful this Parliament," helium said.
Mr. Haque alleged that by weakening the RTI Act, the Modi Government is moving distant from being accountable to the people.
"In the end, I tin lone impulse the authorities to capable vacancies, reconstruct capableness and support the sanctity of this instrumentality and Indian democracy. Otherwise, the RTI Act remains intact connected paper, portion transparency collapses successful practice, and that illness is wholly this government's responsibility," helium said.
