Contemporary painting and Indian politics

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Telegraph reports:



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Glare on spy role on Husain



New Delhi, Jan. 7 (PTI): The Central Information Commission has told the home ministry to reveal if it had sought a report from the Intelligence Bureau on M.F. Husain’s nude portraits of religious deities and, if it had, what was the decision it had taken.



Information commissioner Sushma Singh said the Right to Information Act exempts the contents of intelligence reports from disclosure but binds the ministry to disclosing its actions on the basis of such reports.



Home ministry officials agreed before the commission that the bureau was involved in the matter but did not specify in what capacity. They told the commission that they would check the ministry’s records and send a formal reply to RTI applicant S.C. Agrawal.



The officials also said the law ministry was not consulted on Husain’s paintings.



The case relates to an RTI application filed by Agrawal, who had asked the home ministry about the role of the IB, reports, recommendations and other related issues regarding the Husain’s paintings.