Why can't Congress volunteer to be governed under the Right to Information Act? Will the party meet the challenges related to urbanisation, housing, water-supply, solid waste management, roads and transport, traffic, environment in order to make Mumbai better and livable? These were some points that the city's civic, RTI and social activists posed before a sub-committee of the Congress poll manifesto at the MCA on Tuesday. The party had invited eminent people to seek their inputs that will be incorporated in the 2019 election manifesto.

Activists say
RTI activist Anil Galgali told the committee headed by former union minister Kumari Selja, that the Congress should promise internal reform, by declaring that it would implement the Right to Information Act and entertain queries under it. "Your party introduced the legislation. So I think you should be the first party to volunteer to be governed under the RTI Act," said Galgali. He also suggested that the Congress should assure to conserve the city's rivers like Mithi.