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Manipur RTI activists to fight threats
Times of India | Aug 1, 2011, 01.48PM IST:
Taking note of frequent threats posed by certain government officials and those in power to RTI activists in Manipur, a group of the rights defenders has formed an ad hoc committee - Transparency Initiatives Manipur (TIR) - with the primary objective to fight the menace.
Commenting further on the plight of RTI activists, Joykumar said there were many instances where the officials and even powerful politicians allegedly engage miscreants to pose threats to the RTI appellants.
Besides, the alleged failure of the Station Public Information Officer (SPIO) concerned to hand out information sought by the RTI appellants within 125 days is violation of sub-section (b) of section 4 of RTI act, Joykumar said. Among other issues, most of the RTI appellants have sought information pertaining to schemes sponsored by the state and the central government since the act was passed in 2005.
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