New Delhi: Responding to Rahul Gandhi’s charge that the list of candidates for Information Commissioners did not include adequate names from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, OBC, EBC communities, government sources said that the Central government recommended one SC, one ST, one OBC, one minority representative, and one woman.

“Overall, five out of the eight recommended names (for Information Commissioners) were from disadvantaged sections. In light of these facts, Rahul Gandhi’s claims do not hold up,” government sources said.

On Wednesday, the three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had a meeting to select the Chief Information Officer, the eight Information Commissioners and the Vigilance

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