Manner in which important bills were passed in Parliament has hurt federalism

28 Sept 2019 3:50 PM IST

She referred to the Right to Information Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in this context.

I spoke to Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister), he also said that he would not allow the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Mamata Banerjee said. (Photo: ANI)

'I generally do not say anything on constitutional posts. But there are some people who are behaving like BJP mouthpieces. You have seen what is going on in my state. They want to run a parallel administration,' she told reporters at state secretariat 'Nabanna' here. (Photo: File)

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the manner in which important bills were passed in the Parliament has hurt federalism in the country.

She referred to the Right to Information Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in this context.

"Today (Saturday) is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. Our party strongly condemned the way in which important Bills including the amendments to the Right to Information Act, was passed in #Parliament, hurting federalism," she tweeted.

The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019 allows the Centre to prescribe the term of office, salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of chief information commissioner and information commissioners.

The move has been criticised by activists who said it will affect independence and neutrality of the transparency panel. September 28 has been recognised as the International Day for the Universal Access to Information by the UNESCO General Conference.

UNESCO Right to Information Act

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Manner in which important bills were passed in Parliament has hurt federalism

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