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POLITICAL PARTIES WITHIN RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

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SACHIN CHANDRA,Dr. UPENDRA NATH TEWARI

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The availability of appropriate information helps citizen to live a dignified life in a civilized society. In a democratic country each person has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This right includes right of holding public opinion and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas from the public authorities. The Right to Know was implemented by the Parliament of India in the form of Right to Information Act, 20051 . The Right to Information is a powerful tool in the hands of the citizen to obtain information from public authorities in our democracy today. Two activists filed an RTI Application with various Political Parties requesting their financial information

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