RTI application seeking safety, efficacy, trial data of COVAXIN gets no response from DCG
Activist says he will file Writ Petition in court
New Delhi: RTI Activist Saket Gokhale’s RTI application seeking safety, efficacy, and trial data submitted by Bharat Biotech for its COVID-19 vaccine “COVAXIN” has received no response in the time frame as stipulated under Sec 7(1) of RTI Act.
Gokhale in a social media post added that he was supposed to get the information within 48 hours from Drugs Controller General as per the RTI Act, but his application has not received any response.
He further added that he will file a writ petition in court as the matter concerns the lives of “billions”.
Despite filing an online AND postal RTI request with Drugs Controller General requesting data submitted by Bharat Biotech, there has been no response within 48 hrs as stipulated under Sec 7(1) of RTI Act.
— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) January 12, 2021
Filing a Writ Petition in court now because this concerns precious lives. pic.twitter.com/HmC9w1YBuW
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Poll boycott in Chamarajnagar village: Govt officers, voter injured; booth, EVM destroyed by protest
Chamarajnagar: In an untoward incident reported from Indiganatta village under the Mahadeshwara Hills Gram Panchayat administration limits in Hanur taluk, government officials were injured as they attempted at pacifying a group of angry voters who had declared they were boycotting the polls on Friday.
Tahsildar Guruprasad and Taluk Panchayat Chief Officer Umesh and a police inspector were reportedly injured in the clash. In addition, the protesters are learned to have destroyed the polling booth, including the electronic voting machine (EVM), set up in the village. One of the voters who visited the booth was reportedly injured in the head in the incident.
Angry over the non-availability of infrastructure in their village, the voters in Indiganatta declared that they would not exercise their right to franchise on Friday. Guruprasad, Umesh and the police officer, who were informed of the boycott, visited Indiganatta to appease the voters and get them to cast vote. The group of voters, however, directed their anger at the officers, resulting in the trio being injured.
The protesters in Indiganatta were not only adamant about their boycott, but also infuriated by the sight of other voters in the village cast ballot at the polling booth. In anger, they initially had an argument with the voters but later forced their way into the booth and reportedly destroyed the EVM there.
Polling is currently reported to have been stalled in Indiganatta due to the violent incident.
