Daily Excelsior: Jammu: Wednesday,
August 24, 2016.
National
Panthers Student Union (NPSU) today held a protest demonstration against State
Government for not filling the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and
State Information Commissioner at State Information Commission (SIC).
The activists
of NPSU this morning gathered at University gate and raised anti-Government
slogans and burnt the effigy of BJP-PDP alliance Government for ignoring the
collapse of RTI Act in the State. The protest was led by Thakur Virender Singh,
State president, NPSU, who while addressing the media persons lambasted the
State Government for not taking any initiative in order to fill the vacant post
of CIC.
He added that
only one official is present in SIC that is its Registrar, who is also going to
retire within a short span of time, after which the State Information
Commission is going to be defunct. He warned the State Government of launching
a massive agitation if any positive step is not taken by it in order to fill
all the vacant post of SIC.