Modi making it difficult to access info? Congress questions RTI rule change

There has been a non-formal attempt over past three odd years to scuttle the RTI Act, said Tewari

The Congress on Monday accused the Modi government of attempting to subvert the Right to Information (RTI) Act by seeking to tweak its rules and surreptitiously raise the bar to make access to information difficult for ordinary people.

The Opposition party also called upon all progressive forces believing in transparency to unite and oppose any dilution of the RTI structure.

“Ever since this government has taken over, there has been an attitude of acted neglect towards the RTI, not only RTI queries were not answered but even the appeal processes have been very cavalierly treated. There has been a non-formal