Finance dept clarifies RTI reply is ready

Dimapur, August 25 (EMN): The PIO of Finance Department V. Kezo has issued a clarification today on the allegation of ACAUT that the Chief Minister TR Zeliang is withholding a reply to an RTI application was ready to be 'furnished'. The Public Information Officer of the department stated that the conversation with ACAUT regarding the RTI application was in the month of July when the files were in "transit" since the then Finance Advisor TR Zeliang had demitted office. "It is to be clarified that there is no intention on the part of the Department to withhold facts that are on record. Reply to the RTI is ready and will be furnished to the applicants,” the PIO further added.