HEARD SO
POLITICAL GRAPEVINE SNIPPETS

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Dayanidhi Maran and three other Union Ministers of DMK

were on a flight from Chennai to Delhi recently. As the aircraft

took off, hostess in public address system announced the time

of travel and security precautions. She also said that the cabin 

crew in charge was Ms Jayalalitha. On hearing this DMK Ministers

tapped their fore head, commented even in the mid air the scare

is of the name of Jayalalitha. From Chief Minister to Airhostess

another DMK Minister Jagathrakshagan who was seated

next to Maran turned back to check whether any ADMK MP

was travelling. But much interesting was when Green Minister

Jairam Ramesh heard this conversation had a boisterous laughter.

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Speaker Meira Kumar has convened an all party

meeting on June 22, to take a fresh initiative to 

evolve a consensus on Womens Reservation Bill

In a letter to all the Political parties represented in Lok Sabha

she stated that the ensuing Monsoon session should take

up the Wormens reservation bill as passed in Rajya Sabha

on March 8 2010. 

Speaker Meira Kumar gave to Lok Sabha on

the International Womens Day.that she will try to

bring a consensus before Monsoon session .

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PAC report submitted by Dr Murli Manohar Joshi 

is all set to be rejected by the Speaker as it does

not been prepared with the laid norms of the

PAC rules. Three meetings were held

between Speaker and the LS Secretariat

Legal experts are being consulted on the wordings

of the rejection statement by Speaker which will

be made on the first day of the Monsoon session.

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Private banks have begun to give "Gift credit cards"

to top bureaucrats as courtesy. The denominations

are ranging between fifty thousands to one lakh.

A new disease is now set in the corridors of power

to get such plastic credit cards, which does not have

a name but just a numerical numbers. This new

practise of swiping the card only at vendors shops

and not at ATMs. This has become a new scam

as many top bureaucrats have now  indulging it.

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Monsoon session of Parliament which was slated

for July 11, has now been shifted to July 18.

The cabinet committee on Parliamentary Affairs

is meeting next week to finalise the date

also to bring in Govt bills. Delay is caused

due to Baba Ramdev threat on Lokpal.

Insiders say that whenever the Lokpal bill is

introduced, the Lok Sabha were got dissolved.

Lokpal bill is jinxed, hence Govt wants to delay

further of monsoon session

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