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Mrunal Jhaveri

Rajnath Singh was the ultimate choice

If one goes by the prediction made by whispersinthecorridors .com on April 18, candidature of Rajnath Singh for the BJP's top post had been decided long back. Our prediction on April 18 was :
Rajnath Singh to be next BJP President !

If top RSS,VHP and BJP sources are to be believed former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh is going to succeed L K Advani.

How many from offer list got the job?

There were as many as 247 officials in the offer list of 2005 for going to GoI on deputation. But how many actually went?

Now batchmates are bosses !

It may sound to be intriguing but it is a fact that in many departments now the batchmates, and not seniors, are bosses. Take for instance the case of Shipping Ministry. Here 1971 batch IAS officer A K Mohapatra has recently been appointed the Secretary while his batchmate G S Sahni is DG Shipping. In another case 1971 batch IAS officer Renuka Vishvanathan has been appointed Secretary Rural Development while her batchmate V Subrahmanian of WB cadre is Special secretary and FA.

Satish Lumba to join Mahila Commission

Director in the Literacy Mission, Satish Lumba, is joining the Mahila Commission. He is an IA & AS officer.

Rahman moves to Ramallah

Zikrur Rahman,First Secretary has been shifted to Ramallah.

Om Prakash shifted to MEA

Om Prakash has been transferred from Ramallah to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

H P Rao to retire

Controller General of Accounts H P Rao is superannuating by this month end.

Four IPS officers get DG rank in UP

1972 batch IPS officer S S Banerjee and three 1973 batch IPS officers Mssrs Bua Singh,S K Rizvi and Sunil Krishna have been promoted to the rank of DG in Uttar Pradesh.

1989 batch IAS promoted in Haryana

1989 batch IAS officers Mssrs V S Mishra,Jai Shankar Tiwari,S C Jha,Anjani Kumar and S P Kushwah have been given super-timescale in Haryana.

Kherawala is CBDT Chief

M H Kherawala has taken over as new CBDT Chairperson. She is 1969 batch IRS officer.

1980 batch IPS to be ADG in Chhattisgarh

1980 batch IPS officer A K Shrivastava is being promoted to the rank of ADG in Chhattisgarh in a week or two.

Srinivasan is new Secretary Petroleum

Special Secretary Petroleum M S Srinivasan has taken over as new Petroleum Secretary.He is 1971 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
( We said this on December 13 and on December 30 )

Mohapatra is Secretary Shipping

Secretary Parliamentary Affairs A K Mohapatra has been moved to the Ministry of Shipping. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on December 15 and on December 30 )

Pratush Sinha appointed Secretary Personnel

Secretary Rural Development Pratush Sinha has been appointed Secretary Personnel in the Government of India. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on December 30 )

Renuka Vishwanathan is Secretary RD

Dr Renuka Vishwanathan is the new Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India. She is 1971 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on December 30 )

Harish Chandra Gupta is Secretary Coal

Harish Chandra Gupta is the new Secretary Coal .He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on December 30 )

Champak Chatterjee is Secretary Parliamentary Affairs

Champak Chatterjee has been appointed new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs .He is 1971 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on December 30 )

Gupta earns fellowship

SC Gupta,IAS, -1986-Sikkim cadre, now posted as Resident Commissioner, Govt. of Sikkim, New Delhi, has earned a full fellowship to study Public Management at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. He shall be proceeding to Singapore on January 3.

IAS & IPS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh soon

IAS and IPS reshuffle will take place in Chhattisgarh later this week.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mulayam and Amar are back to crying wolf…. phones being tapped,
And for this Sonia's knuckles are being rapped!!!

For all you know these two could have got their own phones tapped,
This is not impossible so please do not be zapped!!!

Police have arrested a Detective Agency owner and say he is behind this spying,
But remember one thing for public attention both Mulayam and Amar are always vying!!

So its possible that they got themselves tapped….and then cried that Government karr rahi hai spy,
For their egos and petty politics a new high!!

And Sonia's got better things to do than to go after two who are bound to do themselves in,
Next elections these two have a hope in hell that they will win!!!

Though on every shoulder rothaa hai Amar,
That Sonia is out to use her power to break his kammar!!!

And if Amar blames Sonia why doesn't SP withdraw its useless and uncalled for support???
Because every now and then this support both Amar and Mulayam purport!!!

In fact Behal of Cobra Post will be able to throw some light on this tapping,
And its time he came clean and let all know whose moolah he's been lapping???

Indian of the Year should be somebody who has done something for this Desh,
And who is recognized and brought respect to India both here and in videsh!!!

Sonia does deserve the Crown….. but Amar alleges Congress used wrong means,
Amar keeps telling all that Congress and NGOs network worked behind the scenes!!!

Seems Amar spent all his time sending SMS messages to NDTV voting for Big B,
And mind you Amar has the technology for this….. take it from me!!!

Rural India voted for Sonia…… and urban voted for Big B,
The wrong priorities of urban India are easy to see!!

How can India vote for Big B when all that he has done is raked in money???
And then promoted his own sunny!!

Pronoy goes and announces that India has Voted…. what a sham,
I'm sure majority of India for NDTV'S 'Indian of the Year' cared a damn!!

Pronoy had his moment in the sun… because he knows he'll always be the best man and never the groom,
But yes at every wedding he does and will loom!!!

And Sonia should not take NDTV's poll as yardstick to call for midterm polls,
NDTV has like minded people on its rolls!!!

Sonia assured India that mid term elections will not be called….. why???
Seems she answered Advani's statement that UPA because of its internal contradictions will die!!

Though people say that West Bengal elections could be the straw that broke UPA's back,
But to oust Commies from WB now Congress will karti hai lack!!!

Will prefer to give a walkover to Commies than put up a fight,
Though of course some WB Congress leaders will say this is not right!!!

But for the sake of UPA's stability sacrifices have to be made,
And in WB it would be that Commies be given a walk over to make the grade!!!

But Mamta is hopeful that if EC does a repeat of Bihar her Party will do better,
She hopes that Commies ko EC karre gi fetter!!!

She has a hope in hell that Congress will be part of her dream alliance,
Congress is not in a position to show Commies defiance!!!

And neither is Congress in a postion to call mid term elections... if it does will be a blunder,
Though matter has been debated Congress ke undar!!!

Vajpayee announced his retirement from electoral politics…. ek din yeh honaa thaa,
He's not the kind of guy who will hang on till he's told emphatically 'jaa'!!!

Sad to see my good ole friend go…… so long my dost!!!
Despite BJP's loss you are still admired the most!!!

Vajpayee named Advani as Ram and Mahajan as Lakshman…. ek doosre ki jaan,
And Venkaiah not to be left behind anointed himself as Hanuman!!!

Though some say Advani is like Krishna and Mahajan his Saarthi,
Sorry but Advani is no Krishna and Mahajan is too sharaarti!!!

And I wonder how will Raajnath control BJP's second rung????
Seems they are going to create fires and Raajnath will have to blow these out and test power of his lung!!!

BJP has to pull itself together …… every passing day makes recovery chances dimmer,
BJP Leaders will have to put Party first if they want BJP to get back its glimmer!!!

Many Central Ministers say that Amrinder is a aishi CM who is only bothered about his own fun,
And is on the loop to make as much of hay as possible as long he is in the sun!!!

They say when it comes to the State he has no time,
And for Punjab doesn't even care cares a dime!!!

In fact Kapil Sibal was heard lamenting that for Punjab's sake Congress should boot out Raja,
Punjab ka bajaa diyaa hai iss ne band baaja!!!

And after failing as a poltician and administrator now Raja wants to don a religious mantle,
For the upcoming electoral battle!!!

First it was Natwar who kept him in Sonia's good books and now they say its Ponty's clout,
And they say on Ponty's clout one should not have any doubt.

Bharat Kumar

WHISPERS .... CORPORATE WORLD

Can a retired Chief Executive pay ?

When a retired Chief Executive of a public enterprise decides not to vacate the official residence gracefully, what can babus who had earlier worked under him for years do? This is the question being debated in the Union Power Ministry. When Yogendra Prasad retired in April, 2005, it was expected that he will vacate his official residence within four months. But now even after eight months he continues to live in the Faridabad NHPC colony. The Corporation conveyed to him the market rent of Rs. 1.2 lakhs per month. This has been challenged by him.
No rent has been paid by him till date. Prasad has a flat in the posh Vasant Kunj which he has rented out. NHPC officials are out of bits as to what to do. They do not want to behave tough with their ex-head of the organization.
Recently politicians occupying government accommodation were asked to vacate on Court orders.
An ex-colleague of Prasad said that no Director of the Corporation wants to shift from the Company's colony as they are getting huge rent of about Rs. 25,000 per month of their own flats in Delhi. In the meanwhile the Ministry of Power has reportedly advised NHPC to act fast and get the accommodation vacated. For the four additional months, Yogendra Prasad already owes Rs. 4.8 lakhs to NHPC. But sympathisers of Prasad say that he is still in the race for re-appointment in NHPC for which some Bihar politicians are still working. In case he is able to make a come back, which seems to be unprecedented possibility, every thing will be regularized. A good lesson for other chiefs retiring from public sector.

Ayyappan elevated as HLL' CMD

M Ayyappan, Managing Director of Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL), has been elevated as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Srivatsan is President Iyengar & Sons Ltd.

T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Limited has appointed Srivatsan as the president for the group enterprises.

Mehla takes over

Brig. S P Mehla has taken over as CMD of the State Farms Corporation of India.