Transparent Politics: Now Political Parties Under RTI Act

Bangalore: Central Information Commission-an authorized body set up under the Right to Information Act, has posed a serious threat to all the political parties of the country as they will come under the scanner of the RTI Act.

CIC believes that this will initiate a milestone in the political system of the country to bring transparency in its task.

A full bench of the Commission comprising Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra and Information Commissioner M L Sharma and Annapurna Dixit held that six parties - Congress, BJP, CPI-M, CPI, NCP and BSP - to whom RTI queries were directed, fulfill the criteria of being public authorities under the Right to Information Act., as reported by PTI.

But the big political honchos from major political parties of the country, namely from Congress, BJP, CPI-M, NCP and BSP are totally against this except CPI that has welcomed the decision.

According to this Act, Central information Commission (CIC) apprehended that all the major political parties were answerable to the masses with respect to their funds, candidate’s selection procedure, expenses and also other information which will be of interest to the people. This act was directed to impose in a petition filed by the Association of Democratic Rights (ADR) and other RTI activists.

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