Government is rendering RTI dysfunctional, says Former CIC Shailesh Gandhi

New Delhi Monday, 11 May(PTI) : Former Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Shailesh Gandhi on Monday lashed out at the Centre for allegedly rendering the Right to Information (RTI) Act "dysfunctional" by taking retrogressive steps.In an open letter written to a section of the media, Gandhi said, "the present



Prime Minister has taken preemptive action by not appointing a Chief Information Commissioner at all to render it dysfunctional."Gandhi, a noted RTI activist from Mumbai, was appointed to the Central Information Commission in 2008 where he served till retirement in 2012, after giving numerous landmark judgements