Activists in Rajasthan get used condoms in RTI reply
Jaipur 17.01.2019
: They wanted answers under RTI but what they got were sealed packets of used contraceptives. This happened in Rajasthan where two petitioners sought answers under the RTI Act from their village panchayat on development projects.
Vikas Chaudhary and Manohar Lal, residents of Chani Badi in Bhadra tehsil of Hanumangarh district, had sent an RTI query to the panchayat on April 16 last year on alleged corrupt practices in the projects undertaken since 2001.
The RTI Act mandates that reply be given within 30 days but the petitioners said the reply came only recently. They said the reply was sent by the panchayat on the state information commission’s orders.
Choudhary was the first person to get a response. Apprehensive over the content of the other envelop, he and Lal called the BDO to their village so he could see what was in the other packet, Chaudhary said. “However, the BDO declined to come. Hence, we opened the packet in the presence of other villagers,” said Chaudhary.
The other packet also contained used contraceptives. The sarpanch implied the petitioners could have mailed the condoms to themselves. Navneet Kumar, zila parishad CEO, said there was a rivalry between groups who are trying to downplay each other.
IANS
Navneet Kumar, zila parishad CEO, said there was a rivalry between groups that are trying to downplay each other
Jaipur 17.01.2019
: They wanted answers under RTI but what they got were sealed packets of used contraceptives. This happened in Rajasthan where two petitioners sought answers under the RTI Act from their village panchayat on development projects.
Vikas Chaudhary and Manohar Lal, residents of Chani Badi in Bhadra tehsil of Hanumangarh district, had sent an RTI query to the panchayat on April 16 last year on alleged corrupt practices in the projects undertaken since 2001.
The RTI Act mandates that reply be given within 30 days but the petitioners said the reply came only recently. They said the reply was sent by the panchayat on the state information commission’s orders.
Choudhary was the first person to get a response. Apprehensive over the content of the other envelop, he and Lal called the BDO to their village so he could see what was in the other packet, Chaudhary said. “However, the BDO declined to come. Hence, we opened the packet in the presence of other villagers,” said Chaudhary.
The other packet also contained used contraceptives. The sarpanch implied the petitioners could have mailed the condoms to themselves. Navneet Kumar, zila parishad CEO, said there was a rivalry between groups who are trying to downplay each other.
IANS
Navneet Kumar, zila parishad CEO, said there was a rivalry between groups that are trying to downplay each other
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