2. It may be recalled that Shri Agrawal in application dated 16.05.2011 had asked the Presidents/ General Secretaries of the INC/AICC and the BJP to supply information, inter alia, relating to election manifestos, fulfilment of promises, receipts and payments, proposals to Government and Election Commission about electoral reforms, etc. The Treasurer, AICC, by letter dated 20.05.2011 informed Shri Agrawal that INC/AICC did not come under the RTI Act. The BJP by letter dated 28.05.2011 informed Shri Agrawal that the BJP, not being a public authority, was not obliged to provide the information sought.
3. Shri Bairwal, in his application dated 29.10.2010, had asked the six national political parties, i.e., INC/AICC, BJP, CPI(M), CPI, NCP and BSP, to provide information about the sources, for a certain period, of the ten largest voluntary contributions. The Treasurer, AICC, by a letter dated 15.11.2010 informed Shri Bairwal that AICC did not come under the RTI Act. The NCP on 27.11.2010 informed that NCP was an NGO without resources for this work, while stating that the information be collected from the Election Commission and the Income Tax authorities with whom they were regularly filing returns. The CPI on 06.11.2010 informed the applicant about the sources of the ten maximum voluntary contributions as requested. The other political parties did not respond to Shri Bairwal.