Saturday, 20 July 2013

RTIs to State Political Parties: PDP & Panthers Party provide information 

Highlights:
  • Information asked in RTIs to State Political Parties: RTI applications to all State Recognized Political Parties asking questions on various issues such as Allotment of government land and government buildings for their offices and headquarters as well as on issues relating to the finances of political parties (sources of 10 Maximum Voluntary Contributions and sources of Voluntary Contributions greater than Rs. 1 Lakh).

  • 4 Political Parties Respond: Till date ADR has received responses from 4 Political Parties namelyPeoples Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers PartyAll India N.R.Congress (Puducherry) and Indian Union Muslim League (Tamil Nadu).

  • PDP Responds Positively: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has provided detailed answers to all the questions. The PDP answers include details of Government allotted Offices and their areas, dates on which the offices were allotted, monthly rent being paid for their party offices, details of contributions received by them including the source of contribution, mode of contribution and the amount. Moreover, PDP has also provided us with Government Orders through which the allotments of office buildings were made to them.

  • Panthers Party also responds: Although the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party has not denied any information, they have only provided it partially. But Panthers Party could have provided the information in a more suitable manner.

  • 2 Parties deny response to RTI: The two other parties to respond to our RTI, namely the All India N.R.Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League have both denied information, stating they are not under the ambit of the Right to Information Act and hence not obliged to furnish the information that has been requested from them. 
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