The Asian Age: Mumbai: Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Cornering the
Maharashtra government over its transparency claims, a noted RTI activist has
sought to know from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as to why were GRs
pertaining to the alleged chikki scam, involving minister Pankaja Munde not
uploaded on the official website. Pune-based RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar, who
has blown the lid of many scams in the state, in a letter to Fadnavis said, “It
was really shocking to know that orders to purchase the food items were passed
in a single day by flouting all rules on February 13 with passing of 24 GRs but
not a single GR was put in public domain.”
“It further
escalates the intention of the government and in particular of the ministry
because the way Munde ruled it, as not even a single GR was uploaded on the
website,” he said.
“Not only
Pankaja Munde’s ministry, but also other ministries have been conniving and are
not sharing such info by not uploading it on websites,” Mr Kumbhar said. “So I
have demanded that the chief minister instruct all officials concerned to
upload such information on websites and also to do an audit of the expenses
incurred on public money” he said.