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20 YEARS OF RTI: CONG BLASTS MODI GOVT FOR 'KILLING' ACT, ‘HOLLOWING OUT' DEMOCRACY
The Daily Guardian
|October 13, 2025
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.

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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 longtime.
"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.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also accused the Modi government of "systematically corriding" the RTI Act and "hollowing out" democracy and citizen's rights.
In a post on X, Kharge said that 20 years ago, the Congress-led UPA government ushered in a new era of transparency and accountability, and the RTI was the first of its several "transformative rights-based legislations".
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