Times of India: Hyderabad: Sunday, February 26, 2017.
In the wake
of the attack on V Madhubabu, several groups of RTI activists including United
Forum for RTI Campaign-Telangana (UF-RTI) wrote to the state information
commission seeking an impartial inquiry.They also demanded a strong protection
system. They pointed out that the RTI Act, 2005, was full of loopholes and did
not provide any mechanism for their protection.Even the Whistleblowers
Protection Act passed a few years ago is reportedly inadequate to aid RTI
activists.
"The
Whistleblowers Protection Bill was passed quite some time ago but the NDA
government has not yet noti fied its rules," said Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu,
convenor of UFRTI, who also submitted a memorandum to the Cyberabad police
commissionerate on the case early on Saturday.
The Anna
Hazare-led India Against Corruption (IAC) too has condemned the attack on
Madhubabu in a statement released on Saturday and demanded strong protection
measures for all RTI activists in the country . "The government must amend
the RTI Act to give protection to all RTI activists. Since the law into effect
in 2005, more than 50 activists have been killed in the country," said
Chandrasekhar Sankaran, ad-hoc advisory board chairman of IAC.
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