New Delhi, April 10 -- CPI-M MP John Brittas claimed that the Digital Data Protection Act "infringes" on the Right to Information Act, while Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the Act had "devastated" another Parliamentary Act, the Right to Information Act.

He stated that the RTI Act empowered citizens.

John Brittas told ANI on Thursday, "The INDIA alliance is agitated over Digital Data Protection Act because it infringes on Right to Information Act. At a stroke, they nullified the Right to Information Act, which was actually paving the way for Indian democracy as a modern democracy. This used to empower the citizens, activities and media..."

At an INDIA alliance press conference here, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi expressed concern over th...