Moneylife:
New Delhi: Thursday, 28 May 2015.
The Right to
Information (RTI), filed by Advocate Vivek Garg, also revealed that seven cases
have been registered on receipt of complaints through the anti-corruption
helpline.
The Delhi
government's anti-corruption helpline '1031' has received 282 calls up to May
13, an RTI query has revealed.
The Right to
Information (RTI), filed by Advocate Vivek Garg, also revealed that seven cases
have been registered on receipt of complaints through the anti-corruption
helpline.
"(Arvind)
Kejriwal's government is trying to mislead the people by giving wrong figures.
If his government had claimed that the anti-corruption helpline had received
over 1 lakh calls within a month, why did the anti corruption branch in its RTI
reply state that it has received only 282 calls till now," Garg told IANS.
On being
asked about the contradictory figures, a senior official from the Anti
Corruption Branch (ACB) said, "The figures were only about the calls that
we received.... not every call was relating to corruption."
According to
the Delhi government, its anti corruption helpline had received over 1.25 lakh
calls since its relaunch on April 5 this year and 25 erring officials have been
arrested.
The advocate
had also sought to know from the Delhi government's ACB which company was
operating the helpline and what it was costing the government to operate such a
helpline.
The ACB
replied to these questions by stating that the information sought did not
relate to it. "Hence the same may be sought from the directorate of
vigilance of the Delhi government."
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