Rahul Gandhi says there is only one right to information commissioner in Gujarat when there should be 10
A file photo of Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Deepak Sharma/Hindustan Times
What: There is only one right to information commissioner in Gujarat when there should be 10.
Who: Rahul Gandhi, vice-president of the Congress party that leads the ruling United Progressive Alliance.
Where: At a farmer’s rally in Bardoli in Gujarat on 8 February.
Check: He is wrong.
There are three right to information commissioners in
Gujarat. They are D. Rajagopalan, chief information commissioner and
former chief secretary of the Gujarat government, Balwant Singh and V.S.
Gadhavi, information commissioners. India’s government transparency law
says that there should be a maximum of 10 information commissioners in a
state but does not stipulate a minimum number.
Source: Gujarat information commission, RTI Act
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