There is news that the CIC wants the President’s Secretariat to disclose the letter of Dr.Subramanian Swamy to Abdul Kalam on Sonia Gandhi in 2004.
This relates to the issue Sonia Gandhi becoming the Prime Minister.
Here it is.

‘The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the President’s Secretariat to make Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy’s letter to former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam public after consulting him. Swamy had written to Kalam after the 2004 election which UPA had won.
In the letter Swamy had raised doubts on if Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s candidature would be accepted by the courts as it was unclear whether she had renounced her Italian citizenship as stipulated under the Citizenship Act.
Activist Subhash Agrawal had sought a copy of the letter from the President’s office, which had turned down his application earlier this year, saying the disclosure would be a breach of confidentiality and fiduciary relationship and therefore attracts Sec 8(1)(e) of RTI Act.
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