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Harsh alleges BJP primarily responsible for sabotage of RTI 11/19/2016 10:10:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: Accusing the coalition government for rendering the SIC completely defunct, a strong contingent of Panthers Party activists spearheaded by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and Yash Paul Kundal State President Young Panthers staged protest demonstration against the subversion of RTI Act in the State at Exhibition Ground in Jammu today. Lambasting the State Government's nonchalant attitude towards the SIC having led to its redundancy, Singh recalled that the Ministers and MLAs particularly those of BJP were in notion that while the transparency was good for others, they should be left free and unquestioned. He said that the BJP's resistance to RTI Act came to fore when one of the BJP MLAs moved a bill in the previous session of Assembly for the amendment of J&K RTI Act and alleged misuse of the Act by the so called "unscrupulous elements". He maintained that the BJP-PDP government was deliberately sabotaging the RTI Act in the State to end the regime of accountability and transparency. He regretted that with the lone Information Commissioner completing his term on November 17th following the retirement of two members including the CIC, the State Information Commission had completely become defunct.Expressing skepticism over the reconstitution of the SIC, he said that with no signs of immediate setting up of this vital commission, the State Government had only made a contemptuous mockery of the RTI mechanism despite repeated calls from the civil Society, RTI activists and other quarters to appoint the CIC and the Information Commissioners in the State. He disclosed that the incumbent CIC before his retirement had written to the State Government to appoint the new CIC and the Information Commissioners well in advance but all his efforts were in vain. He regretted that with the SIC being turned defunct, it would further encourage the unscrupulous officials, political helmsmen and other elements in the State for breeding patronized corruption and other vices. Prominent among those who were present on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Shankar Singh, Nirmal Kishore, Sanjeev Verma, Khajoor Singh, Ashok Chopra, Rakesh Verma, Sushil Singh besides others.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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