Political parties unite against CIC's RTI ruling

A day after the Central Information Commission (CIC), in a landmark order, ruled political parties were 'public authorities' and, therefore, should be brought under the ambit of the Right To Information (RTI) Act, political parties across the spectrum objected to this approach. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which, along with RTI activist Subhash C Aggarwal had filed the RTIs, today responded to the "fear psychosis" being created by political parties, saying this would "destroy the entire political system".

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