The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show-cause notices to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah along with the heads of four other political parties asking why an inquiry should not be instituted in the matter of non-compliance of its order to implement the RTI Act. The Commission’s action came after all the parties refused to share information under RTI Act and questioned its authority.

Last year, on a plea by RTI activist Subhash Agrawal, the CIC had declared six national parties — Congress, BJP, NCP, CPI, CPI-M and BSP — as public authorities, thereby bringing them under the ambit of the Right to Information Act. None the parties either contested the decision in courts or followed the instructions of the panel. The Commission had issued notices on February 7 and March 25 to these political parties seeking their detailed comments on the complaint by Agrawal that they had not complied with the orders of the CIC.


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