new delhi corridor gossips

5-2-2011

NEW DELHI GRAPEVINE SNIPPETS

for Publication on Sunday February 6, 2011

Thanks

R Rajagopalan

Delhi

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First task of a Union Minister after assuming the new role

was to seek the files of allotment of additional accommodation

of a top bureaucrat. Minister ordered thorough enquiry into 

the misuse.The said official felt the heat of paying penalty.

union Minister took revenge on this official, because, said 

babu taken on the Minister without rhyme or reason.

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Central Bureau of Investigation  interrogated

arrested telecom minister A Raja for two hours, confronting 

him with original files and noting made by him on these files.
His interrogation was conducted in the presence of two top Department
of Telecom (DoT) officials -- A K Srivastava and P K Gupta -- and
videographed, Insiders say  Raja was quite non-plus in replying to 

16 questions posed to him during the interrogation as he came out 

with the flip-flop answers.

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Due to fragile health and advanced age Karunanidhi was strained.

While discussing with Sonia Gandhi he snored and dozzed off.

Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and TR Baalu who were present

were seeing the discomforts condition of Karunanidhi. Sonia also

realised the predicaments.

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Sushma Swaraj visit to Coastal areas of Tamil Nadu to understand

the difficulties of Tamil fishermen being killed in international waters

while they fish in smaller boats. Sushma before reaching Nagapatinam

Vedaranyam she learnt few sentences in Tamil. She became too popular

with fishermen wives as she spoke six sentences of Tamil so fluently.

She is good with Kannada -as she fought Bellary parliament elections.

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ENDS