(The Trinamool Congress was recognised as the seventh national party in September 2016). Six national parties - the BJP, the Congress, the BSP, the NCP, the CPI and the CPI(M) - for which information was sought by the applicant were brought under the ambit of the RTI Act by a full bench of the commission on June 3, 2013. Wilfred, the Senior Principal Secretary in the poll panel, wrote in the order that he agrees with the view taken by the CPIO. The First Appellate Authority in the Election Commission K.F. Former Chief Information Commissioner AN Tiwari said " The election panel’s order has no merit " RTI Application form Political parties are out of the purview of the RTI Act, the Election Commission has said in an order which is contrary to the Central Information Commission’s directive bringing six national parties under the transparency law. ![]() Election Commission says political parties not under RTI ambit, contradicts top authority’s order.
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