The Congress on Sunday accused the Modi government of “systematically killing” and “weakening” the Right to Information Act, which was brought by its UPA government two decades ago with an aim to bring in transparency and accountability in governance.

On the 20th anniversary of Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Congress alleged that for the BJP, RTI means “Right to Intimidate”, and claimed that the ruling dispensation also made the Central Information Commission a “toothless” body with its top post as well as the posts of seven information commissioners lying vacant for a long time.

“For the BJP, RTI means Right to Intimidate,” AICC general secretary (communications), Jairam Ramesh, said at a press conference on the 20th anniversary of the Act, which was introduced on October 12, 2005.

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