Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 20 2010:
RTI tribal activists of the state have formed an organization christened "Union for Transparency and RTI (UTRTI) Manipur" on July 15 last at MBC Hotel, Imphal which would cover the entire state.
The aim and object behind floating the Union is to pursue social justice, equality, transparency and to maintain equality of works, etc.
by exercising the Right to Information Act, 2005 in order to get the legitimate benefits.
The formation of UTRTI is necessitated because people in powers such as Ministers, MLAs, bureaucrats, officials, etc.
are not maintaining transparency but compromising justice in the official process for their immediate personal gains with selfish motive by indulging in wide scale and rampant corruption, discrepancies in official dealing, maintaining of favouritism and nepotism in their official activities, a statement of the Information and Publicity Secretary, R Peter.
The UTRTI, Manipur has been formed mainly to give awareness to the backward tribal people in particular and others in general, informed a statement issued, the statement added.