Protest against proposed RTI amendment

Activists Vijay Kumbhar,Vivek Velankar,Jugal Rathi,Vinita Deshmukh,representatives of Aam Admi Party (AAP) — Rajesh Mittal and Bhanu Mulay were present at the protest. Kumbhar stated that the RTI Act had brought about an era of transparency and accountability and that by trying to keep political parties out of the Act,politicians were trying to save themselves from accountability.

Nihar Thatte,an IT professional,joined the protest because he felt the Act was under threat. A regular participant in the fortnightly discussions organised by Velankar,Thatte stated that by using RTI,many city residents managed to make the government accountable. “RTI has allowed me to know how the tax payers money is spent. By trying to wriggle out of the RTI Act,political parties are trying to harm the Act. The parties get money from tax payers and should be under the Act,” he said.