At a meeting of RTI Activists held at Shailesh Gandhi's Mumbai residence, Shailesh admitted he was wrong on many counts
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/interview_rti-needs-to-be-saved-from-government-shailesh-gandhi_1427836
"You were talking of aggressiveness in RTI activists, and certain pitfalls there. Please comment on that.
... You can get significant amount of information by being polite to the PIO and appellate authority level. Even when I look back, I realise mistakes I made by calling the RTI a weapon. It is a weapon against whom, my own government? Can I get a better life by just hurting the government? No. Penalty should never be the objective. Getting information should be. ..."
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"Dr Suresh Joshi is set to retire and selection of a state information commissioner is in news. You termed your selection procedure non-transparent. Where is it lacking?
... Obviously things are not transparent ..."
This group's members at least know why India's 2nd most corrupt IC was selected.
Sarbajit
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