The matter of establishing samadhis and memorials of political leaders has reached the corridors of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), which has come down heavily on Delhi government and Ministry of Urban Development officials for not providing details about the issue to an RTI applicant. “The sequence of events is displaying a pathetic admission of a complete lack of accountability and the incapability of the governance system to even know who is responsible for what,” Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi said in his order. RTI applicant Subhash Chandra Agrawal sought details of the policy about setting up memorial and samadhis of the leaders from Urban Development Ministry but did not get a reply. Hearing his complaint, Mr. Gandhi said it is distressing the PIOs have played the game of passing the paper but not been able to provide the information sought. Mr.Agrawal wanted to know whether rules provide cremation at places other than regular cremation grounds like it was done in the case of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma. He also asked whether 6, Krishna Menon Marg, residence of late Union Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram, was unauthorisedly converted into a memorial.
CIC FLAYS OFFICIALS FOR NOT GIVING DETAILS TO RTI APPLICANT
The matter of establishing samadhis and memorials of political leaders has reached the corridors of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), which has come down heavily on Delhi government and Ministry of Urban Development officials for not providing details about the issue to an RTI applicant.
