NEW DELHI: Although headed by a chief minister who in his earlier avatar was a prominent RTI activist , Delhi government ’s attitude towards the transparency law remains lax.

RTI applicant Dev Ashish Bhattacharya, who had sought details of expenses on the oath-taking ceremony at Ramlila Maidan and the spending on refurbishing the CM’s proposed bungalow, has not received a response for the last two months.

Bhattacharya’s application was forwarded to several departments including health and family welfare, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. His second application filed in January seeking details of security, official cars and accommodation provided to CM Arvind Kejriwal and other members of the Cabinet, information on the free water supply and power tariff decisions and CWG investigation was forwarded to 13 departments.

“The queries sought were straightforward. But the chief secretary’s office has instead marked the queries to so many departments and responses are still elusive,’’ Bhattacharya said.

Bhattacharya had sought details of costs in renovating the accommodation which was allocated to the CM and his Cabinet colleagues including the cost incurred on the accommodation that Kejriwal declined, the total cost incurred by the government for hosting the oath ceremony at Ram Lila Maidan and spending on security for the venue.

In the second application, Bhattacharya had sought from the chief secretary’s office information on the orders of the government relating to provision of 20,000 litres of free water per month to each household, orders related to 50% cut in power tariff, copies of records through which any inquiry is proposed in CWG related issues, details of official cars, accommodation and security being allocated to the CM and ministers.