Times
of India: Shimla: Monday, 29 September 2014.
Appointment
of senior Congress leader Rangila Ram Rao as the political advisor of Himachal
Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh with cabinet rank has invited an RTI
query as a RTI activist raising question over his appointment has now sought
information about appointment, salary and other remuneration being given to him
and details of advices being given by Rao to chief minister.
RTI activist
Dev Ashish Bhattacharya has sought information under RTI claiming that Himachal
Pradesh government is doling out political appointments recklessly thereby
creating immense pressure upon the already cash starved public exchequer.
He said that
why Rangila Ram Rao should be paid from the public exchequer for giving
political advise to chief minister. If at all the CM needs a political advisor
then let the state Congress committee pay for the same, he added.
"Earlier
the corporations were handled by different ministers with whom the departments
related to the corporations were attached. But now so many political
appointments are made to run the different corporations and departments
resulting into the huge money spending," he said. He said that such kind
of spending are totally unwarranted and goes against the basic reasoning of the
decision of the ministry of home affairs restricting the size of the minstries
through a formula.
"Now i
have taken up the issue with the state government by shooting 2 RTI
applications to get the relevant information on such appointments," he
added.
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