Blow for transparency: The CIC's move to apply the RTI Act to political parties is a master stroke

The Central Information Commission (CIC) deserves three cheers for its decision to bring six national political parties under the purview of the Right to Information Act. It is a significant and tangible move forward in a debate that has been stalled time and again over several decades: how to ensure inner-party democracy and transparency in the way parties collect funds and spend them. These issues were discussed threadbare in a comprehensive report on electoral reforms and standards in political life that a group including Subhash Kashyap, P A Sangma, Mohan Dharia and N N Vohra prepared in 1991.

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