The Indian Media Centre, Uttarakhand chapter secretary Rajnish Jayal has sought information under the Right To Information Act on various issues including the salary, perks, academic qualifications, work experience and contribution to the State of an officer on special duty of the chief minister and the CM’s media advisor.
In his application to the public information officer of the Chief Secretary’s office, Jayal, as a native and social activist, has sought information about the salary and perks of Anand Bahuguna, OSD to the Chief Minister, his academic qualifications, work experience and his contribution for Uttarakhand. Information has also been sought about the salary and perks of Surendra Kumar Agarwal, media advisor to the CM, his academic qualifications, work experience in the field of media and his contribution for Uttarakhand.
Jayal has also sought information about the amount spent in the construction of the Bijapur Guest House, the number of support staff deployed there for its upkeep; the number of inquiry commissions constituted by successive State Governments and the money spent on these commissions, number of enquiries completed, number of persons sentenced and amount of money recovered from the accused; the amount spent on construction of Chief Minister’s residence and steps taken by the State to beef up the overall security of schools and colleges in Dehradun, Mussoorie and Nainital where a number of foreign students are studying.