A day after the Lok Sabha passed amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday accused the Union government of betraying Indian citizens through the move. On Monday, the Lok Sabha amended the RTI Act that allowed the Centre to prescribe the term of office, salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions for employment of Information Commissioners. It also changes the status of the Information Commissioners, who were on a par with Election Commissioners as per the original RTI Act. "India got the RTI Act in 2005 but with this amendment in the RTI Act, the government is betraying the people of this country," he said. The Modi government is doing "good work" but there was no need to amend the Act, Hazare said.

Source: dna July 23, 2019 16:52 UTC