Bring political parties under RTI, says ex-CEC Krishnamurthy
8 Sept 2017 9:58 PM IST
Hyderabad: Political parties should be brought under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI), says former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy. He also flagged practical difficulties in conducting simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. Asked if political parties should be brought under the RTI, Krishnamurthy said, "Of course, why not? Except their strategic decisions relating to elections, all their administrative decisions, their funding and every thing should be subjected to public scrutiny."
According to him, the policy matters of political parties relating to government formation need not come under the RTI. "What's required in the RTI is financial aspects and administrative aspects. For example, whether they (political parties) are holding internal elections or not; these should be made available to the public; their account should be made public," Krishnamurthy said on Friday. On the Niti Aayog favouring simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, he said it's theoretically very attractive, but practically it has problems vis-a-vis its implementation.
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