Summary:
more-inRight to Information (RTI) activists are planning to approach Governor Vajubhai Wala seeking action against Chief Information Commissioner Suchetana Swaroop over his alleged remarks asking information officers to file criminal complaints against activists seeking personal information. alleged that the chief information commissioner is ‘ignorant about the RTI Act’ and is ‘diluting’ the Act by making such comments. The move to approach the governor follows the refusal of the State Human Rights Commission to entertain a complaint against the CIC. The complaint alleged that Mr.
Swaroop has orally directed public information officers to file police complaints against citizens who seek confidential and personal information under the RTI Act. The complaint against Mr.
Swaroop, addressed to the Governor and a copy sent to the SHRC, is unsigned, said the order, a copy of which has been sent to B.H..