Ec says political parties out of ambit of rti, contradicts cic
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Political parties are out of the purview of the RTI Act, the Election Commission has said, in an order which is contrary to the Central Information Commission's directive bringing six
national parties under the transparency law. The poll panel statement, which may prove to be controversial, came while deciding the appeal of an RTI applicant seeking to know donations
collected by six national parties who were brought under the ambit of the transparency law by the CIC in June 2013. “Requisite information is not available in the Commission. This is related
to political parties and they are out of purview of the RTI. They may submit information of donation/amount collected through by Electoral bonds in their contribution report for the
financial year 2017-18 in the ECI for which the due date is 30 September, 2018,” the appeal order citing comment of the Central Public Information Officer has said.