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We made powerful RTI Act, BJP diluting it: Madan 7/28/2019 10:21:44 PM Early Times Report Akhnoor, July 28: Former Member of Parliament Madan Lal Sharma held the public meeting of Block Congress workers of Chowki Chora at Akhnoor. The meeting was attended by the congress workers of the block. In the meeting appointment of the Block Congress Committee of Choki Chora was also announced . Senior Congress leader Padam Dev was appointed as the President of Block Congress Committee Chowki Chora, Omprakash & Madan Lal as Working Presidents, Gyan Singh & Mohan lal as Vice Presidents, Major Ram as Treasurer, Bodh Raj, Tara Chand, Kuldeep Raj, Suresh Kumar & Mansa Ram as General Secretaries of the Block. While speaking in the meeting Madan Lal Sharma said that the central government is systematically killing the institutions of India and the amendments in RTI act is the latest example of it . He said that the UPA government brought the RTI Act in 2005 and being a Member of Parliament at that time he was one of the members who made this act and voted for it to become a law. This act was made by us to empower the citizens of India. But now the central government has turned the Information Commissions into a toothless tiger who will be at the mercy of the central government. The salary and tenure of the Information commissioners was fixed in the RTI act made by Congress government but now the amendments brought by BJP has given the power to central govt. to fix the tenure & salary of the information commissioners. Sharma also said that people of Akhnoor are suffering in this summer heat due to long power cuts and irregular supply of water to the homes. The departments are not paying heed to the problems of the people in absence of an elected repsentative of the area. Speaking in the meeting Padam Dev assured that he will work at Grass Root level to strengthen the Congress party in Chowki Chora Block. In the meeting Satish Sharma distributed plant saplings to all the congress workers who came for the meeting and asked them to spread the message of Tree plantation in the Akhnoor area so that we can protect the "Green Gold" with which Akhnoor has been blessed by the mother nature.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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