Replying to a media query on the occasion of the inauguration of NCUI Haat, Chandra Pal Singh Yadav, former President of NCUI said that co-operatives are answerable to their members and not to the general public.
“RTI has come today but there is a provision of members inspecting the documents and asking questions related 
The response came when media men wanted to know that one third of the Indian population being part of the co-op movement, should not co-ops be accountable and fall under the RTI Act.
NCUI leaders said that anybody who has no connection to the co-op body has no right to know the details. Why should one be interested if he is not a member, said cooperators hinting at the ulterior motive of such individuals. They had examples of frivolous PILs in their minds.