1. Sudden Change of Mind?
Just a few days back, the Ministry of Surface Transport passed an order and consequent to it,
the state's land acquisition for the widening of the highways had come to a grinding halt. The
order had lowered the priority of the state's requirement to two, from one! Immediately, the chief
minister had spoken to Nitin Gadkari to rescind the order. Similar request was made by the leader
of the opposition too!
Why this sudden change in the order, say, at the behest of the state's CM? Does Gadkari hope to
throw his hat into the ring of prime ministerial aspirants to replace Modi if the party and the NDA
do not garner the requisite majority, post polls? There is a sizeable number of CPM politburo
members who prefers the saffron party to the Congress!
2. The Electoral Fight Turns Bitter.
In the East Delhi parliamentary constituency, the fight is between BJP's Gautam Gambhir and
AAP's Atishi Marlena and it's getting bitter and bitter by each passing day. Atishi complains that
Gambhir is getting downright personal in his attacks by passing leaflets containing derogatory
remarks about the lady.
Wonder why electoral battles become personal when actually, it should be fought on issues?
Shows the low quality of candidates!
3. Another Case of a Flying Footwear!
Sidhu has been a trenchant critic of Narendra Modi and has been highly critical about the PM in
his election rallies, always punctuating them with 'Chowkidar chor hai'. Well, at Amritsar, a lady
had hurled her footwear at him because she was angered by his utterances!
Well, has the sardar met his match?
4. EVMs In A Hotel Room!
At Muzaffarpur in Bihar, electoral officer, Awadhesh had kept six EVMs in his hotel room, to
substitute them for faulty ones. He has, since, been suspended!
The elections in India have been termed a circus.......doesn't this incident give credence to it?
Tailpiece.
Had got up on the dot at 6, gone through the chores, parked both the cars at the marketplace and was ready a trifle after 8. Meanwhile, Benoy had fetched up with the vehicle. We left soon after and was at the Director's house at Kalluvathukkal an hour later. We set off for Thiruvananthapuram after a cup of tea and reached the Foundation by a quarter to 11.
Maman and Lekha joined us for the meeting and we'd quickly gone through the agenda and arrived at decisions. It was over by a half past 1, lunch at Bakery junction and we hit the MC Road by a quarter past 2. Sasi left me at Raj Nivas by about a half past 4.
Sanil was away at Ayoor and Mini, Lekha and I had tea. He came about an hour later.
PS.
Missed Sachin-Anu's big day at Guruvayur today. Sachin is Satish's (My friend from the University College days) second son. Satish and Santhi had invited us fairly well in time and we'd decided to attend the wedding. But then came the truss work, Sanil-Mini's availability for supervising the work along with us and the urgency of finalising the new Board of Management for the JSS(Kollam).
Here's wishing Sachin and Anu a long and happy married life and wishing that they get all that they wish for in their journey together. And sorry Satish-Santhi for missing the function. Severe constraints were prevalent on their elder son, Sanjay's wedding too......an uncanny coincidence! But I'd attended it at Thiruvananthapuram and then attended Ajay Mathew George's wedding reception at Kochi, the same evening!!
Just a few days back, the Ministry of Surface Transport passed an order and consequent to it,
the state's land acquisition for the widening of the highways had come to a grinding halt. The
order had lowered the priority of the state's requirement to two, from one! Immediately, the chief
minister had spoken to Nitin Gadkari to rescind the order. Similar request was made by the leader
of the opposition too!
Why this sudden change in the order, say, at the behest of the state's CM? Does Gadkari hope to
throw his hat into the ring of prime ministerial aspirants to replace Modi if the party and the NDA
do not garner the requisite majority, post polls? There is a sizeable number of CPM politburo
members who prefers the saffron party to the Congress!
2. The Electoral Fight Turns Bitter.
In the East Delhi parliamentary constituency, the fight is between BJP's Gautam Gambhir and
AAP's Atishi Marlena and it's getting bitter and bitter by each passing day. Atishi complains that
Gambhir is getting downright personal in his attacks by passing leaflets containing derogatory
remarks about the lady.
Wonder why electoral battles become personal when actually, it should be fought on issues?
Shows the low quality of candidates!
3. Another Case of a Flying Footwear!
Sidhu has been a trenchant critic of Narendra Modi and has been highly critical about the PM in
his election rallies, always punctuating them with 'Chowkidar chor hai'. Well, at Amritsar, a lady
had hurled her footwear at him because she was angered by his utterances!
Well, has the sardar met his match?
4. EVMs In A Hotel Room!
At Muzaffarpur in Bihar, electoral officer, Awadhesh had kept six EVMs in his hotel room, to
substitute them for faulty ones. He has, since, been suspended!
The elections in India have been termed a circus.......doesn't this incident give credence to it?
Tailpiece.
Had got up on the dot at 6, gone through the chores, parked both the cars at the marketplace and was ready a trifle after 8. Meanwhile, Benoy had fetched up with the vehicle. We left soon after and was at the Director's house at Kalluvathukkal an hour later. We set off for Thiruvananthapuram after a cup of tea and reached the Foundation by a quarter to 11.
Maman and Lekha joined us for the meeting and we'd quickly gone through the agenda and arrived at decisions. It was over by a half past 1, lunch at Bakery junction and we hit the MC Road by a quarter past 2. Sasi left me at Raj Nivas by about a half past 4.
Sanil was away at Ayoor and Mini, Lekha and I had tea. He came about an hour later.
PS.
Missed Sachin-Anu's big day at Guruvayur today. Sachin is Satish's (My friend from the University College days) second son. Satish and Santhi had invited us fairly well in time and we'd decided to attend the wedding. But then came the truss work, Sanil-Mini's availability for supervising the work along with us and the urgency of finalising the new Board of Management for the JSS(Kollam).
Here's wishing Sachin and Anu a long and happy married life and wishing that they get all that they wish for in their journey together. And sorry Satish-Santhi for missing the function. Severe constraints were prevalent on their elder son, Sanjay's wedding too......an uncanny coincidence! But I'd attended it at Thiruvananthapuram and then attended Ajay Mathew George's wedding reception at Kochi, the same evening!!
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