HEARD SO

HEARD SO

1-11-2010

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Former Secretary General of Lok Sabha PDT Acharya 

is now  Parliamentary Advisor to Railway Minister

Mamta Banerjee.He is getting a spacious chambers in

Rail Bhavan - and would interact with officials of Railway
Board -train them on Parliamentary Practices. He will also

be advising the standing committee on Railways

and be attending the Railways consultative Committee.

Acharya shall liaise with Railways and

Parliament-

Insiders in Lok Sabha astonished to see the

downfall of  Acharya who held a status to that 

of Cabinet Secretary. And now, he is like

a exalted position of a section officer.

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Suddenly huge turn out of retiring and retired IAS 

officials making  a bee line to pay a courtesy call on 

Chairman Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari. Reason

is that present Secretary General VK Aghnihotri 

to complete his term. 

Latest in the list is  PDT Acharya wants

to be appointed as  Secretary General of Rajya Sabha.

He has rich experience of Lok Sabha proceedings,

and he rose from the lower ranks-as Translator from
Malayalam to English to the position of Secretary General.

But during his tenure as SG Lok Sabha he was spiking

on Rajya Sabha and never given the due courtesy to upper house.

Today Acharya aspires a high position in Upper House.

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CAG Vinod Rai, is categorical that he would not be

reporting to PMO or to V K Shunglu on the recommendations

on CWG Scams. Vinod Rai in a communication to PMO

stated that he is answerable to Parliament of India

CAG recommendations are not secret. On the day of our

presentation to the Secretary General of Lok Sabha, 

the CAG report becomes a privilege document and to be

in the custody of Speaker of Lok Sabha. It is for the

Parliament to place it on the table of parliament.

Where is the question of a constitutional authority

like CAG flouting its own set protocols.

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Major irritation for A Raja- Telecom Minister. 

P J Thomas appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner 

drew criticisms on conflict of interest. As he was Secretary Telecom

and as CVC he cannot be sitting on judgement on 2G scam.

But the major headache for A Raja Telecom Minister is the

continuation of  J Sridhar Sharma  as 

chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) 

Petitions are now before courts that as Member of Telecom

Dispute Settlement Tribunal TDSAT, Sridhar sharma gave

lots of rulings. Now as Chairman TRAI same Sridhar Sharma

is negativing his own ruling. Insiders in Sanchar Bhavan

confide that Sridhar Sharma - as Secretary Telecom has

been against TDSAT and TRAI. After superannuation he held

both positions. If it comes for legal scrutiny in Apex court

Sridhar Sharma may quietly quit and go.Not to get into 

legal tangles like P J Thomas

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