This story appeared in Civil Society's September 2005 edition.
Amendments that would have curtailed the scope of the Right to Information Act were put on hold after they became a major political embarrassment for the Congress. Faced with a public outcry that went on for weeks and seemed to involve all sections of society, Sonia Gandhi finally interceded and asked the government to drop the changes or to pursue them only after adequate consultations.
As the government backed off, RTI campaigners breathed a sigh of. . .
