Free Press Journal: Bhopal: Tuesday,
August 30, 2016.
The CM
Secretariat does not have invitation of China on which chief minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan visited China with a delegation recently. The secretariat also
has no information about the CM’s foreign visits. The RTI activist alleged that
the government of Madhya Pradesh is not providing information under the RTI
Act. RTI activist Ajay Dubey alleged
that in September 2012 the Government of India declared guidelines in which the
government officials and the ministers who are going foreign should be
mentioned in the government website, but the instructions are not being
followed in the state.
Till date the
information about CM Chouhan, other ministers and government officials have not
been displayed on the website.
Dubey alleged
that minister for parliamentary affairs Narottam Mishra declared publicly that
the CM visited China on an invitation from the Chinese government. On June
2016, the CM went to China along with a
delegation of officials of various departments. When the copy of the said
Chinese government invitation was demanded, the CM secretariat said the
information about the CM’s foreign visits are not compiled.