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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;The Gujarat government has turned down an RTI query seeking details of the wealth of the chief minister and the council of ministers claiming it is not in the &amp;quot;larger public interest&amp;quot;.
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>The Gujarat government has turned down an RTI query seeking details of the wealth of the chief minister and the council of ministers claiming it is not in the &quot;larger public interest&quot;.
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The move is in sharp contrast to that of the Union government which has made facts related to assets and liabilities of its council of ministers public since 2011 and Supreme Court judges who have voluntarily disclosed their wealth.
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Mumbaikar Anil Galgali had filed a RTI query seeking information about the assets and liabilities of the CM and the council of ministers over the past 5 years. He also sought to know about action taken by the CM on those who had failed to file their wealth declaration.
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Terming the refusal as &quot;ridiculous&quot;, Galgali filed an appeal with appellate authority and deputy secretary (cabinet) in the state's general administration department, BJ Brahmabhatt.
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Former chief information commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah described the state government's stance as &quot;retrograde and foolish&quot;.
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Public declaration of ministers' wealth has seen patchy implementation in other states. While Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have made some of the information public, many others have not.
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In reply to the query, Gujarat government's under secretary (cabinet) &amp; public information officer PV Patel said, &quot;The information sought cannot be furnished since information available to a person in this fiduciary relationship and the information sought is personal information, the disclosure of which has no relationship to public authority ...&quot;
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He further quoted section 8(1)(e) and section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act for denial of information saying the disclosure would cause unwanted invasion of privacy of the individual and was not in larger public interest.
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The move is in sharp contrast to that of the Union government which has made facts related to assets and liabilities of its council of ministers public since 2011 and Supreme Court judges who have voluntarily disclosed their wealth.
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Gujarat govt refuses to reveal assets of CM, ministers -Himanshi Dhawan

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