Zee News: Jammu: Friday,
May 24, 2013.
The Union
Home Ministry has refused to give details on the recent Chinese incursion in
Ladakh citing the exemption clause, a right to information (RTI) activist said
here on Thursday.
Activist
Deepak Sharma said in response to his query the ministry's deputy secretary
stated: "It would not be possible to provide the information sought by you
as it attracts clause 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act, 2005."
The referred
clause says "there shall be no obligation to give any citizen information,
disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of
India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the state,
relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence".
Sharma filed
the RTI application May 1, seeking information about the Chinese incursion into
Ladakh region.
He said he
sought information on the total Indian territory that had been taken over by
the Chinese Army.
The RTI
activist alleged that the denial of information to him was "an attempt to
conceal the facts related to the incursion".
Sharma said
he will now approach the Central Information Commission for the information.
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