Open politics to scrutiny

The move to place political parties under the Right To Information (RTI) Act has drawn sharp protests from every major political party. The principal argument: political parties are not public authorities. At the final Central Information Commission (CIC) hearing held before a full bench on November 1, political parties claimed exemption from the RTI Act on the bizarre grounds that "revealing names of their donors might endanger the donors` lives" and that "it would impact the parties' decision-making process".

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