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RTI
activist asks President to make public her assets
Friday June 17, 2011 07:55:07 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
President Pratibha Patil should release the details of her and her
family members' assets in the public domain as it would set a
precedent for the parliamentarians, a Right to Information (RTI)
activist said Friday.
"As a head of state and parliament, the president of India should
take the initiative of putting her property details on the
website, which would set a precedent for our parliamentarians who
have declined to do so," Subhash Agrawal told IANS.
"In the era of transparency, the president should voluntarily put
the details of her property in public domain," said Agrawal.
His comments came after Central Information Commissioner Shailesh
Gandhi said that under the RTI Act, he had no power to ask the
president to make public the details of the assets owned by her
and her family members.
Agrawal had filed a petition seeking the details of the assets
owned by the president and her family members and steps taken to
place them on the website.
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