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Govt says no to RTI act amendments
Anna Hazare, a Gandhian activist broke his 11-day-old hunger strike and called it a victory for the people.
"We have discussed the RTI issue in detail with the PM. He did not feel it right to introduce the bill in this session parliament. We will discuss with more people," said Prithviraj Chavan, MoS, PMO.
Its not a complete victory but still a major one that finally convinced Hazare to end his hunger strike against the government's decision to amend the Right to Information act. Hazare and other campaigners have been protesting across the country.
In just nine months the law has enabled thousands of Indians to get their ration cards, passports and water connections without paying a bribe. This prompted the government bureaucrats to fight back and lobby the government to amend the law.
Ordinary citizens came out in protest against the move and were joined by MPs including from the Left. The Left parties have had several run in with the government and the proposed changes in RTI would have been another. The Left says that if the file notings were removed it would have killed the act and that's why they did not support the law.
