hearsay

March 9, 2011

NEW DELHI POLITICAL SNIPPETS

Thanks

R Rajagopalan

Delhi

President Prathibha Patil has convened three days Governors Conference 

from 10th onwards. She wants women empowerment issue to be discussed.

Also President wants to highlight the success story of  NAREGA. For the first

time President wanted Prime Minster Office to present a power point presentation

to Governors about the Right to Information and Right to Education Acts.

UPA2 may come for a criticism in her opening remarks to the Governors

Conference, as she stepped in the last leg of her tenure in  President Estates

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"How many MPs take serious part in Question Hour, and parliamentary works"

A Study by Rajya Sabha Secretariat of four sessions in 2010 explains that

many MPs do not even attend the Session. If this analysis is made public

according to a senior Official, the faith in Democracy would get shattered.

However, Chairman Rajya Sabha plans to write to leaders of Political Parties

asking them to issue whips to the MPs to attend the house atleast three days

a week. Chairman Hamid Ansari who shifted the question hour from morning

to afternoon is also drawing flak from treasury benches as well as Opposition.

MPs come to House at eleven and leave at noon. For one hour should they 

receive honororium- a lump sum?

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Manoj Yadav is now Staff Officer to Director Intelligence Bureau, who will manage

the top secret files and responsible to run the DIB staff. Manoj Yadav a Meerut

born Haryana cadre IPS of 1988 seniority. Manoj Yadav succeeds Harmeet Singh

who served three Directors of IB as Staff Officer. Harmeet is affectionately called

as "Hardy" is too jovial and quick to gather intelligence. Hardy has now been

appointed as Deputy Director in Delhi unit of IB.

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In yet another example of the lack of governance in the Kiran Kumar regime,

it turns out that it was the sheer lack of coordination between the chief minister 

and chief secretary S V Prasad that resulted in all state government employees 

including Kiran himself not getting their February salaries. Since the Chief Miniser has

not been taking the advice of the Chief Secretary on several issues, the latter did not 

think it fit to discuss the emergency situation arising out of the non-cooper

ation movement and the need to take steps to disburse the salaries. 

And since the Chief Secretaru did not advise the Chief Minister on the issue, the latter 

also did not take the matter seriously, until all hell broke loose. 

Babus are of the view that Kiran needs to take a crash course in how 

do deal with his officers, especially the head of the bureaucracy with 

whom close coordination is vital for the functioning of the government. 

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