RTI activist now seeks information from PM

Unhappy with Panjab University’s justification for missing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s name in the list of Doctorate Degrees awarded,RTI activist Rajinder Singla today wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking the same information from him.

Singla also said the suspension of the Senior Assistant of the R&S Branch of the University,Satish Kumar was an example of how guilty officers managed to escape in the University. He demanded action against the Deputy Registrar (RTI)-cum-PIO (who is directly accountable under the RTI Act) for providing wrong information and the Superintendent who had attested the wrong information on the list of people who have been awarded the Doctor of Laws by the University.

Singla pointed out that on the PM’s detailed profile posted by the Government of India on its website http://www.india.gov.in there is no mention of any Doctor of Laws ( honoris causa ) of Panjab University in Chandigarh.