Re: [HumJanenge] RTI challenges

Manoj Mitta has recently written about the Emergency papers which were
obtained from the National Archives after a great deal of trouble. The
Archives at first denied that they held any documents. These papers
(and Manoj's story) show the extent to which the Gandhi-Nehru parivaar
go to remove all documents which can cause them trouble.

Unfortunately we seem to STILL have a surplus of people on this
mailing list who are apologists for this family, and who DISRUPT
people from even discussing how citizens can access official records
concerning this royal family using RTI. These Mir Jafars are in very
good company along with Information Commissioners and Judges who go to
great lengths to concoct excuses why such info cannot be disclosed.

The membership of this group, ie HumJanenge-Googlegroup consists
largely of members from Humjanenge-Yahoogroup and
RTI4empowerment-Yahoogroup. In other words the sort of RTI riff-raff
and troglodytes who we would never allow into RTI_India (which PMK,
Ashish and I conceived as an elite RTI forum and counterpoint to HJ).
It is thus not very surprising that members of this group cannot even
tackle the simplest RTI challenge I posed. It also means that they
should pull themselves up by their bootstraps concerning their RTI
knowledge or before exposing their foolishness in posts to this (or
any other RTI) group.

PS: My challenge is still open.

Warmly

Sarbajit

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM, sroy 1947 <sroy1947@gmail.com> wrote:
> She is a member of Parliament. Her son is a member of Parliament. They vote
> on laws including personal (religious) laws. They make amendments to
> personal laws. Sonia Gandhi is the de-facto head of India's Govt. The public
> of India (which includes me) has every right to know her religion. I have a
> right to know in advance what her position is on say birth control which has
> ceased to be a priority since she became an Indian citizen.. . She should
> come out and openly state what her religion is, and not masquerade as a
> Christian or a Hindu or a Parsi as the situation requires.
>
> PS: The day we get a Uniform Civil Code I will stop seeking this question.
>
> PPS: The day Rajiv Gandhi overturned the Shah Bano judgment was one of the
> blackest days in India's democracy.
>
> Sarbajit
>