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Forget the 'aam aadmi', even the voice of the Prime Minister appears to have little weight in this country!
Chew on this: On August 11, 2014, PM Narendra Modi posed a question to the Union ministry of law and justice on the floor of Lok Sabha. Six months and 13 days later, the question still remains unanswered.
So, what did he ask? According to the Lok Sabha website, the six-part unstarred question (No. 4604) pertained to the inclusion of parents' name in documents. While Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who then held the law and justice portfolio too along with communication and information technology, did respond to the query as per protocol and stated that "information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House". The question, thereafter, seems to have been conveniently forgotten.
An unstarred question is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. A written answer is laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the minister to whom it is addressed. (Source: Parliament of India website)
Apart from Narendra Modi, the same question was, incidentally, also raised by Trinamool Congress MP (from Bishnupur in West Bengal), Saumitra Khan.
"Imagine the plight of a country where even the Prime Minister's question goes unanswered. What would then be the fate of questions raised by ordinary members?" asked Rakesh Dubbudu, RTI activist and founder of 'Factly', the online portal (aimed at making public data meaningful) that first brought this issue to light.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...still-awaits-a-reply/articleshow/46362745.cms
Chew on this: On August 11, 2014, PM Narendra Modi posed a question to the Union ministry of law and justice on the floor of Lok Sabha. Six months and 13 days later, the question still remains unanswered.
So, what did he ask? According to the Lok Sabha website, the six-part unstarred question (No. 4604) pertained to the inclusion of parents' name in documents. While Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who then held the law and justice portfolio too along with communication and information technology, did respond to the query as per protocol and stated that "information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House". The question, thereafter, seems to have been conveniently forgotten.
An unstarred question is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. A written answer is laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the minister to whom it is addressed. (Source: Parliament of India website)
Apart from Narendra Modi, the same question was, incidentally, also raised by Trinamool Congress MP (from Bishnupur in West Bengal), Saumitra Khan.
"Imagine the plight of a country where even the Prime Minister's question goes unanswered. What would then be the fate of questions raised by ordinary members?" asked Rakesh Dubbudu, RTI activist and founder of 'Factly', the online portal (aimed at making public data meaningful) that first brought this issue to light.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...still-awaits-a-reply/articleshow/46362745.cms
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