Re: [rti4empowerment] LEARN HOW RTI ACTIVISTS NAILED KRIPYASHANKAR SINGH

Respected Leslie/Sanjayji,
I have been following news reports about Singh and his assesst avidly.Being a
journalist myself I was wondering what mode of investigations went in. Now that it
is out in open and action has been initiated, under court's order, just one
word.FANTASTIC. This is the way it should be done. Now how about other political
leaders and bureaucrats? I am game if any help is needed. I have been using RTI
since October 2005, five days before the Act came into vogue. I have been quite
successful. So any help needed may be asked for and it shall be coming your way.
Happy information seeking.
Regards
Ketan Modi
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:42:21 +0530 wrote
>LESSON:- UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
HOW TONAIL BIG SHARKS:-

The man behind Kripashankar Singh's fall
ABSTRACTS OF Sanjay Thirwari

We felt that the since Kripashankar Singh is a Congressman and both the state and
Centre are being run by Congress governments, the case would never see the light
of day.
Can you please tell us how you went about filing so many RTIs?
If one person files so many RTI queries, the authorities are bound to doubt the
intention of the applicant. So very smartly, we decided to share various
government offices amongst me and some of my friends, who have been with me since
2005.
So while one friend filed a RTI in the school in Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) from
where Kripashankar claims to have cleared his HSC (higher secondary certificate)
from, one of us filed an RTI in the income tax department; another filed an RTI in
the
Mantralaya (the Maharashtra state secretariat).
When one of us filed an RTI in the collector's office, we found that some crucial
papers regarding his property are missing! So on and so forth...that is how we
were able to compile the data.
Who are these friends? Can you name them?
I do not think is it right to name them. Suffice to say they are friends who have
been with me for a long time and are interested in social work just like me.
While we did not face any major hiccups, it was not that easy. The whole process
was backed by some serious follow-ups.
It appeared that the system was trying to protect and cover Kripashankar's lies
rather than being candid about it in the RTI replies.
Despite writing clearly and to the point, the officers would give half-baked
replies or an incomplete set of papers. So there was a lot of follow-up that has
gone into this.
For instance, we have still not got any reply on the number of chartered flights
he has taken and the expenses incurred.

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