Pune Mirror: New Delhi: Wednesday, July 05, 2017.
The Central
Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to
respond to an RTI applicant seeking details of Sonia Gandhi’s Indian
citizenship.
The Right to
Information (RTI) applicant from Ujjain had approached the external affairs
ministry seeking details of acquisition of Indian citizenship by foreign
nationals including Gandhi.
He had also
demanded her citizenship application, certified copies of supporting documents,
notification, order, rules, correspondence pertaining to Gandhi's Indian
citizenship, and notesheets of the verification process.
Though the
matter was transferred to the home ministry by the external affairs ministry,
the former did not respond to the query.
Chief
information commissioner R K Mathur has ordered the home ministry to respond to
the application.
“Upon perusal
of the record, it is seen that no reply of the Ministry of Home Affairs is
available. The Commission observes that the MHA should give a reply to the
appellant (applicant), within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order,”
Mathur said.
He has also
directed the Central public information officer of the home ministry to appear
for hearing on the next date.
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