Dharamshala, March 14 -- The Himachal Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has strongly criticised the state government for bringing the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) outside the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, alleging that the decision was aimed at shielding corruption.
In a press statement issued here on Friday, BJP state spokesperson Sanjay Sharma termed the decision of the Congress-led government a "black chapter in democracy" and accused it of attempting to provide official protection to corrupt officials and leaders.
Sharma alleged that state authorities had wrongly interpreted provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005, particularly Section 24(4), which exempts intelligence and secu...