Lok Satta welcomes bringing Political parties under RTI
Hyderabad, June 4 (INN): The Lok Satta Party today welcomed in principle
the v
erdict of the Central Information Commission (CIC) bringing
political parties under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI)
Act.
The verdict may not be palatable to those who have converted political
parties, which should strive for social good, into private estates. It
will, however, make parties transparent and accountable and share
details of their income and expenditure with people.
Lok Satta Party Vice President D V V S Varma said in a media statement
that the people have a right to know about the functioning of parties
which seek their votes.
Varma recalled that the Lok Satta has been in the forefront in seeking a
law to regulate the functioning of political parties. Political parties
should be transparent in raising and spending funds, choose
office-bearers through democratic elections, and allocate party tickets
by sticking to certain standards. The Lok Satta Party is the first in
the country to place its audited income and expenditure statements on
its website, he said
Varma said that the CIC recommendation is a small but significant step
in electoral reforms. But to eradicate the influence of black money and
the culture of vote buying, the present first-past-the-post system
should be replaced by a proportional system of representation with
adequate safeguards in Indian conditions.
Varma wanted political parties not to circumvent the CIC verdict under
some pretext or the other but respond favorably by sharing information
as stipulated by it.
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