delhi corridor grapevine gossips

12-3-2010

NEW DELHI GRAPEVINE SNIPPETS

for publication on  Sunday March 14. 2010

Thanks

R Rajagopalan

Delhi

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Three line whip for womens bill was sent to Rajya Sabha MPs by SMS

Both Congress and BJP have now adopted to send mobile phone SMS

and emails, to their MPs.

DMK has also begun this process. S S Palanimanickam has objected

SMS practice. Because SMS does not have legal sanctity. MPs can defy that

and deny that they ever received.DMK has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha. Even their

party organisational matters are now being put to SMS

Parliamentary practice of three line whip has been such that in the Parliamentary

Party letter head the Chief Whip will sign individually on photocopies of the letter.

The necessity for three lines whip will always be mentioned. Much more requirement

which is statutory is that the word WHIP should be in capital alphabets which will

be in BOLD letters, important is that under the WHIP there shall be three lines.

Emphasising the necessity for the presence of the MPs in the house.

Joke amongst the SMS does not have three lines underscoring the word

whip.  How it would be legal. 

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Soon after the Womens Bill were passed, the AICC media cell organised

an exclusive one to one interview with almost all TV Channels.It was another

coincidence that Sonia Gandhi gave interviews only to Women editors and journalists

and politely told the male editors that there shall be a separate TEA or breakfast with them

once Lok Sabha passed the womens bill.

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Computer Clinic first time being heard ... For MPs the CGHS clinic is well known for 

but for the first time a computer clinic is coming up. Many MPs found the following 

circular amazing. when they read it.-

A Computer Clinic for the Members of Rajya Sabha aNd their personal staff  is proposed to be organized by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, in collaboration  with the NIC during Budget Session from 26 to 30 April,  2010. Officers/Engineers from NIC will impart training on Computer Basics and also familiarize the Members and their Personal Staff with features of Rajya Sabha Website and other Government Websites and also sort out operational/technical difficulties being faced in accessing internet or any other computer related matters. Members are requested to send their nomination and also  nominate their personal staff for the said Computer Clinic latest by 18 March, 2010.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ends