Ministry of Home Affairs Refuses to Provide Information on UAPA Amendment and Kashmir
In response to a RTI queries the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has said that it cannot supply documents related to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 “for the sake of national security”.
The ministry also refused to provide information regarding the Centre’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status by reading down most of the provisions of Article 370.
The government has refused to answer in both the cases.
Recently, On the occasion of the completion of 14 years of RTI, Amit shah said that the Modi government had already made a lot of information public, so much so that people no longer needed to file RTI applications.
The parliament approved the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 in July this year. Under this bill, the Centre has the right to declare any individual a terrorist. T