Political to furnish information under RTI Act – CIC

CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION

August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110066

File No. CIC/SM/C/2011/001386 File No. CIC/SM/C/2011/000838

Complainants :

1. Shri Subhash Chandra Aggarwal
2. Shri Anil Bairwal

Respondents:

1. Indian National Congress/ All India Congress Committee (AICC);
2. Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP);
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM);
4. Communist Party of India(CPI);
5. Nationalist Congress Party(NCP); and
6. Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)

Dates of hearing: 26^th September & 1^st November, 2012.

Date of Decision: 3^rd June 2013

Facts:

Complainant Subhash Chandra Agrawal (Shri S.C.Agrawal) has filed Complaint No. CIC/SM/C/2011/001386 and Complainant Shri Anil Bairwal, Complaint No. CIC/SM/C/2011/000838.     In both the complaints, the common issue relating to the

disclosure of the accounts and funding of Political Parties has been raised. Hence, it has been decided to dispose of these matters through a common order.

File No. CIC/SM/C/001386:

2. By his RTI application dated 16.5.2011, complainant S.C. Aggarwal has sought the following information from the Presidents/Secretaries of the Indian National Congress (INC/AICC) and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP):

“1. Copies of Election Menifestoes by BJP for Lok Sabha elections in the years it formed NDA govenment with Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister.

2. Were all the promises made in these election manifestoes fulfilled after BJP having formed government at the Centre.