Government Sponsored Conspiracy to nip “ the RTI movement ” in the bud …

Government Sponsored Conspiracy to nip " the RTI movement " in the bud …

If it happens once , it's a co-incidence . If it repeats , its
deliberate. In recent past , Lucknow has witnessed two seminars in two
law faculties of different colleges on ( almost ) the same " Anti RTI
" topic .

On 18th of September 2010 a Seminar on "use and misuse of RTI" was
held in the Law Department, Lucknow University jointly by Lucknow
University and National RTI forum .

On 22nd & 23rd of October 2010 a Seminar on "RTI Act 2005 , its use ,
overuse and misuse in India" was held in the Law Department, Shia P.G.
College sponsored by University Grants Commission.

At a time when the RTI act has a limited reach to 5% of Indian
Population & almost negligible compliance of
- Section 4 ( 1 ) ( b ) , 4 ( 1 ) ( c ) , 4 ( 2 ) by the Public Authorities ,
- Section 25 & 26 by the Appropriate Governments
- Section 18 , 19 & 20 by The information Commissioners ;
Holding seminars on such topics is nothing but being a part of
conspiracy of the government to marginalize the RTI act 2005 even
before it should take a start. At a time , when the need is to spread
awareness about the RTI , these seminars talk of "overuse" & " misuse
" of the act.

RTI act is the act of the masses where spirit rules , but some
intellects ( of course with vested interests ) want to drown it in the
sea of legal jargons and misleading contexts.

Though there may be positive discussions in such seminars but that
goes into the backdrop and since topic is " anti RTI " , so anti RTI
issues surface out and march forward with news headlines in next day's
newspapers . This is detrimental to RTI movement i.e. to the masses
and should be avoided.

When majority has not yet used RTI act , how come anyone can say that
it is being overused and misused . RTI act is the sunshine act to help
ensure establishment of " Participatory Democracy " and to bring real
"SWARAJ " in INDIA" .

If any of the group members have compiled illustrations of overuse and
misuse of RTI act by RTI users , please share it to enhance my
knowledge. If not , then please as a responsible citizen , decide
topics of RTI-Seminars very judiciously as they have grave
ramifications on our society .

Regards

Urvashi Sharma
Social Worker & RTI Activist
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Urvashi Sharma

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