Conspiracy of silence: Applicability of RTI to political parties
The June 03, 2013 decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC) declaring six national parties as public authorities under the Right to Information Act…
Writing
Columns, essays and commentary by Professor Chhokar.
2013
For the record: We are doing this to bolster political parties
Applicability of RTI Act to political parties
‘If you think RTI will destroy political system, your understanding is limited’
On RTI being applicable to political parties
Dacoits of Democracy
Jagdeep S. Chhokar Political parties have taken away the essence ofdemocracy and are stalling all election reforms Published in GovernanceNow, June 01-15, 2013, pp.42-48…
How political parties are making a mockery of election reforms
Reverse gear on electoral reforms
Prof. Madhav Gadgil on Western Ghats Ecology
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Environment and Forests, appointed what it called the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, headed by known…
Reverse gear on electoral reforms
A report on CBI in the Wall Street Journal
Show us the money
Political parties must be made to account for the bulk of their funding Three actions of the government in the last couple of months…