The Indian Express: New Delhi: Thursday, April 06, 2017.
Rejecting
allegations that the government was trying to subvert the RTI Act, Union
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday accused the Congress of spreading
disinformation against the Narendra Modi government and demanded an apology
from the opposition party.
Naidu
clarified that the proposed rules regarding the word limit and fee for filing
an RTI application are the same as they were under the UPA government.
“The Congress
has not been able to accept the mandate of the people in support of Narendra
Modi and his government. They are going on spreading wrong messages and are
trying to damage the image of the Prime Minister. It is disgusting that the
Congress, which takes credit for the RTI, is carrying on a disinformation
campaign,” Naidu said at a press meet in Parliament House building.
Referring to
Congress leader Manish Tewari’s allegation that the government was trying to
subvert RTI, Naidu said: It is a blatant lie and a malicious campaign.”
Tewari’s
allegations came in the wake of reports that under the new draft of RTI
amendments, an application could be rejected if it is more than 500-word long.
The reports
also claimed that the charges for filing a plea had been raised. Naidu said
both the allegations were false.
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