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Lucknow/05 September 2016/ Transparency watchdog of India's most populous state has come under strong ire of RTI activists as it has rejected activist's long pending demand for resuming audio-video recording in all 11 hearing rooms of State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh.
For last 2 years, various social organizations & RTI activists have been continuously fighting for this transparency cause under the leadership of Lucknow based firebrand social activist Urvashi Sharma.
Urvashi Sharma told that they first wrote to various constitutional authorities of Governments of India and Uttar Pradesh and afterwards demands were raised through a chain of agitations carried out for their demand of resuming audio-video recording in all 11 hearing rooms of State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh.
In this regard apart from peaceful sit-ins at Hazratganj Lucknow, an effigy of all information commissioners including the chief information commissioner Jawed Usmani was burnt outside 'RTI Bhavan' which is the new building of State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh and a supplicatory boycott movement was started at State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh under her leadership, told Urvashi.
As per Urvashi, She alongwith another activist Tanveer Ahmad Siddiqui had planned a protest against Vice president Hamid Ansari on the day of inauguration of 'RTI Bhavan' but she & Tanveer were picked by Lucknow police in the night before the day of inauguration and were freed only after Vice President's flight left Lucknow for New Delhi.
"Since nobody was paying any heed to our legitimate demand so we proceeded Lucknow bench of Allahabad high Court with our demand. During hearing ,High Court in principle agreed that for ensuring transparency at State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh as per the spirit of the act, audio-video recording facilities in all 11 hearing rooms of State Information Commission should be installed and directed us to put up our demand before Chief Information Commissioner jawed Usmani in writing along with HC order" told Urvashi.
As per Urvashi Sharma Ex- Chief Information Commissioner of State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh had, on her demands, started audio-video recording in all 11 hearing rooms of State Information Commission of Uttar Pradesh which was made dysfunctional by Jawed Usmani.
I served order of High court through my representations on which Raghvendra Vikram Singh, Secretary of UP Information Commission has informed me that since there were no provisions for audio-video recording in High Court, Human Rights Commission, UP State Services Tribunal, Women Commission, Consumer Courts, district Courts and Central information Commission so UPSIC has found no need and justification for the same at UP Information Commission, told Urvashi.
Urvashi blamed Info-Commissioners of harassing info-seekers during hearings and said that she shall soon file a contempt petition in High Court in this regard.
Terming SCIC Jawed Usmani an official of anti-transparency mindset, Urvashi said that Jawed Usmani is proving to be the biggest impediment for CM Akhilesh Yadav's dream of establishing a transparent regime in UP.
To download letter written by Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission to Lucknow Activist Urvashi Sharma, Please click this web-blink http://newsyaishwaryaj.blogspot.in/2016/09/no-audio-video-recording-in-up.html
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