Former information commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu has said that the chief ministers of Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh should explain why they support the RTI amendment bill which, according to him, “destroys the independence of information commissioners” and “encroaches upon the sovereign rights of states”.
In an open letter, Acharyulu said all the three — Naveen Patnaik, K Chandrashekar Rao and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy — are eminent personalities who have sacrificed a lot in taking up people’s issues, strived for the interests of their region, and also the rights and sovereign powers of the States under the Constitution.