<p>Stepping up his attack on the Modi government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today questioned why it was keeping the posts of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and Chief Vigilance Commissioner vacant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandhi also reiterated his "suit-boot" barb, saying the government kept the posts vacant as it wanted to "grab" land from common people on behest of its "industrialist friends".<br />"Our government fought for transparency. The appointments to the post of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and CVC are not being done by the government and the posts are lying vacant.<br /><br />"That's because the 'suit-boot ki sarkar' wants to grab land from the people on the behest of its few industrialist friends and give entire power to them," he told reporters outside the Parliament.<br /><br />His attack came on a day Congress President Sonia Gandhi accused the government of making a "blatant U-turn" on the issue of transparency and charged it with "deliberately" keeping the posts of Chief Information Commissioner, CVC and Lokpal vacant.<br /><br />"Information delayed is information denied. This is simply not acceptable. Protecting wrongdoers cannot be part of any government ethos," she said, recalling Modi's promises of transparency and good governance. <br /> </p>
<p>Stepping up his attack on the Modi government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today questioned why it was keeping the posts of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and Chief Vigilance Commissioner vacant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandhi also reiterated his "suit-boot" barb, saying the government kept the posts vacant as it wanted to "grab" land from common people on behest of its "industrialist friends".<br />"Our government fought for transparency. The appointments to the post of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and CVC are not being done by the government and the posts are lying vacant.<br /><br />"That's because the 'suit-boot ki sarkar' wants to grab land from the people on the behest of its few industrialist friends and give entire power to them," he told reporters outside the Parliament.<br /><br />His attack came on a day Congress President Sonia Gandhi accused the government of making a "blatant U-turn" on the issue of transparency and charged it with "deliberately" keeping the posts of Chief Information Commissioner, CVC and Lokpal vacant.<br /><br />"Information delayed is information denied. This is simply not acceptable. Protecting wrongdoers cannot be part of any government ethos," she said, recalling Modi's promises of transparency and good governance. <br /> </p>