India, March 4 -- The Congress on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of "weakening the Right to Information (RTI) Act" through the newly enacted data protection law and asserted that his party will keep fighting against the "dictatorial" regime to secure the rights of people.

The party centred its argument on the balance between Right to Privacy and Right to Information, arguing that crucial data about public welfare schemes and financial defaulters could be obscured under the new law.

"On the one hand, India has been coming on top in misinformation and disinformation for the past few years, on the other hand, the Modi government is bent on weakening the Right To Information (RTI) Act implemented by the Congress-UPA by bringin...