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IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH SONIA GANDHI

Sonia is in Oberoi Hotel's Wildflower Property near Shimla for her summer break and as usual I'm there, in an imaginary way, and again I get to do an imaginary interview with her.
Venue: The Coffee Shop
Me: May I first congratulate you on Congress's win.
Sonia: Thank you!!!
Me: First Madam did you expect such a win????
Sonia: Frankly no…. but I did expect BJP to do badly and this is what happened.
Me: But if BJP did badly wouldn't Congress be the gainer?
Sonia: Well you can say I was confident Congress would win.
Me: But tell me one thing if you were so sure of a win then why was Mr. Q cleared at such a sensitive juncture?
Sonia: This question you have to put to Mr. Bhardwaj…… as I understand Mr. Q wanted a closure to this Chapter as nothing more was forthcoming and Mr. Bhardwaj saw merit in his plea.
Me: Well then I'm sorry to note that he is no longer the Law Minister as a man with such sensitivity would have closed many 'dead end' cases!!!!
Sonia (making unpleasant face): Who is made or not made a Minister is Manmohan Ji's prerogative!!!
Me: And who gave him this prerogative ..... anyway next question....many felt that if Congress came with 'comfortable' numbers Rahul would be the PM.
Sonia: My first prerogative is to get him married and I've been trying to talk to him but when I broach the subject he starts running around with that stupid mutt of his Pidhi……. really this Pidhi is a bad influence on my 'Pidhi'!!! In fact to separate the two I brought Rahul's Pidhi with me.....the mutt's a handful!!!
Me: But Madam he could have at least become a Minister in Mohna's Cabinet!!!
Sonia: Well I did speak to him on this, but he refused. I feel that he does not want to be bound down by a Ministerial job.
Me: But Madam if he aspires to become PM he must gain administrative experience.....see Omar Adullah's condition!!!!
Sonia: Sometimes I get the feeling that he does not want to become the PM…….. and this worries me because after Mohn….sorry Manmohan Ji who will I make PM!!!!
Me: Shivraj …. Antony...….Miera Kumar.....
Sonia: Thank you for informing me about what I already know……… but Manmohan Ji jaisa koi nahi. He's tailor-made for this job! About the names you have taken …… well we'll cross this bridge when it comes!!!
Me: So you mean to tell me that Rahul will keep strengthening the Party…….. has he set a upper limit that he intends to achieve???
Sonia: I'll take a guess…….a total majority for Congress!!!!
Me: And If he achieves this then what???
Sonia: Well I hope he's married by then and I'm banking on his wife to talk him into becoming PM. After all which woman would not like to stand behind the Throne?????
Me: Madam now that Congress has the mandate what are the priorities of this Government?
Sonia: Well I'm consulting Mohna and we will be announcing a ten point programme. Also as the Opposition is in a disarray Congress Party will taken on the role of Opposition. You will see Congressmen asking questions in the House.
Me: Congress's fixation with ten point programmes.....how very innovative? Why don't you allot the house Advani's living in for 'life' ….. this could get BJP out of the internal woes that it is facing!!!
Sonia: BJP will have to work this out…….I'm sorry what would you like to have????
Me: Thought you'd never ask…… a black Coffee
Sonia (orders the Coffee and asks for a refill for herself): Tell me what are the people's expectations from this Sarkaar???
Me: India Shining inclusively. Hope you've not forgotten the rampant inflation that Aam Aadmi had to face.
Sonia: Yes but global pressures…….
Me: Madam you sound like BJP which when it is fighting elections talks of Hinduvta, Ram Mandir, common law etc., and once it comes to power all is forgotten. Congress kept promising Aam Aadmi to insulate him from inflation and now after winning you are saying global pressure cannot be ignored!!!
Sonia: We said that we are on the Aam Aadmi's side and will stand by him if inflation rises!!!
Me: I get the feeling that if prices rise Aam Aadmi will get lip service from this Sarkaar……. paper socialism!!! And Madam growth cannot be talked up and inflation cannot be talked down..... both are felt explicitly!!!
Sonia: Don't sound so morose….. here have some cake!!!!
Me: Madam you just sounded like Marie Antoinette……… Madam don't you feel that now sycophancy in Congress will know no bounds!!!!
Sonia: I'm working on a 'code of behaviour for Congressmen in Public' and rest assured in Public eye Congressmen will not indulge in sycophantic acts.
Me: Privately you would not mind Congressmen doing an AIADMK act……. hope you've seen AIADMK Members, young and old, prostrating in front of Jaya???
Sonia: No no……. I've never allowed this ……… but please discipline should not be mistaken as sycophancy
Me: Yes yes…….. Madam remember Public sabh dekthi aur jaanthi hai!!!! By the way will Congress now embark on a Indhra and Rajiv naming spree????
Sonia: Not at all ……...the Indhra Gandhi Research Foundation is doing a survey on 'Project naming and renaming' schemes, instalations, roads, villages, towns and Cities after Indians who have done India proud and this will be done under the Rajiv Gandhi Naamkaran Yojna!!!! Now its time for me to go…… I have an appointment with Congressmen from Shimla!!!!
As she gets up to go I hear chants ' Pidhi ji ki jai ho'……. ' Pidhi ji aage chalo hum aap ke saath hai' and Sonia looks back at me embarrassingly and hurries out. I strain and look out and I see Rahul's dog Pidhi being taken for a stroll and Congressmen following Pidhi shouting slogans.

Bharat Kumar

aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Sridhar to be new Chairman of the CBEC

If all goes well Sridhar will succeed P C Jha in July as Chairman of the CBEC. He is 1973 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Ravi Kumar, BHEL CMD may get extension

As the grapevine has it BHEL's CMD Ravi Kumar is likely to get three months extension in his tenure beginning July 1,2009.
Will Vijay Kumar be Commissioner of Police, Delhi ?
Meeting of NPA Director Vijay Kumar with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and Home Secretary designate G K Pillai has fuelled speculations of his coming to Delhi as Police Commissioner. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.There is a strong rumour in the corridors of power that Vijay kumar is going to be the next Commissioner of Police (CP), Delhi.

CBI selection Board to meet on June 23,2009

CBI Selection Board is meeting on June 23, 2009 to select senior officers for the organization.

Official order of Chairman PESB soon

Official order of the appointment of C Phunsog as Chairman of the PESB is expected to be issued in a week or two. He is a retired 1972 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

R.V.Raju gets extension till 2010

R.V. Raju, IPS (J&K:1975 batch) presently DG, NIA who was due to retire shortly has now got extension till 2010.
Indevar Pandey to join APPA course next month

Indevar Pandey who was Secretary to former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is set to join nine months long APPA course in the New Delhi located Indian Institute of Public Affairs (IIPA). It will commence on July 1,2009.
Devika Kumar is DDG (Phil ) Dte

Devika Kumar has been appointed DDG (Philately) in HQS

Subhashini Srinivasan to return in June

Senior IA & AS officer Subhashini Srinivasan who is posted in Washington is returning to the CAG Headquarters in June.

CSS officer Raj Singh empanelled for JS

Senior CSS officer Raj Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Gopal Subramaniam is new Solicitor-General

Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam has been appointed new Solicitor-General.
( We said this on June 9 )

IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh

Piyush Chawla has been appointed Collector of Krishna district. N Sridhar will now be Collector of Warangal. B Janardhan Reddy has been shifted to Anantapur as Collector.. Nizamabad collector B Ramanjaneyulu has been transferred to Guntur. Other postings are Mssrs :-J Samal Rao Collector (Visakhapatnam), Vani Prasad Collector (West Godavari), Kanthilal Dande Collector (Prakasam), V Seshadri Collector (Chittoor), Sam Rizvi Collector (Nalgonda), L Sashidhar Collector (Medak) and K Sunitha Collector (Nizamabad). Khammam has been made director, DWCRA, JC J Vijay Kumar has been made additional project director, ORR, HMDA. Gaurav Uppal has been posted to Guntur. T Chiranjeevulu has been transferred to Mahbubnagar. Saurab Gaur will now be Joint Collector of Nellore.

Shivakumar is new Administrator of BBMP

M K Shivakumar has been appointed Administrator of BBMP in Karnataka in place of Dilip Rau.. 1978 batch IAS officer is taking over charge today.

Tara Ajai Singh is Chairperson of BDA

Tara Ajai Singh has been appointed Chairperson of the Bangalore Development Authority. Tara is 1975 batch IAS officer.

Diwakar Mishra shifted in Assam

Diwakar Mishra who was earlier Member Revenue Board in Assam has been posted as Principal Secretary (PS) North Cachar (NC) hills autonomous council. He is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.

R.M.Singh to be Director (Head Quarter), NIFT Delhi

R.M.Singh an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer on central deputation has been posted as Director, (Headquarter) in NIFT, Delhi.

Ajay Tirkey is back to MP

Joint Secretary Defence Ajay Tirkey is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.

Appointment of two CBDT Members this week

Appointment of two Members of the CBDT is expected to take place this week.

Jaruhar to be empanelled?

Rakesh Jaruhar is expected to be empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India next month. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

1985 batch IAS to get promotion in MP this month

1985 batch IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh are expected to get promotion to the rank of Principal Secretary this month.

Pillay considered for empanelment

Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer S B Pillay of 1977 batch has been considered for empanelment to the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India

Jha is new Police Commissioner Surat

Shivanand Jha has been appointed Police Commissioner Surat in place Deepak Swaroop.

CBEC transfers 31 Dy./Asst. Commissioners

The Central Board of excise & customs (CBEC) has transferred itsofficers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs andCentral Excise. They are : A. P. Killekar - Bhopal CX to Mumbai Customs-III , Abhilasha Mahapatra (Ms) - Shillong CX to Systems Delhi , B N Dasgupta - Vigilance Kolkata to Kolkata CX , Chakarvarti Vaid - Meerut CX-II to Systems Delhi , D. G. Deshpande - Bangalore CX to Pune CX , Dhirendra Lal - UOP to Systems Delhi to Nagpur CX , Dinesh Boudh - DRI Lucknow to Ranchi CX , Dinesh Chandra Misra - Delhi Customs to Vigilance Delhi , G. Srinivasan - UOP to DRI Chennai to Vigilance Chennai (Retention) , Jayanta Kumar Nayek - Bhubaneshwar CX to Kolkata Customs , K. U. Prasad - DGCEI Jamshedpur to Hyderabad CX , M. Chandrabose - UOP to Hyderabad CX to Coimbatore CX (Retention) , M. K. Sondhi - DGICCE Delhi to Delhi CX , M. P. Arya - Ahmedabad CX to Audit Ahmedabad , N. P. Meshram - UOP to Ahmedabad CX to Nagpur CX (Retention) , N. Sreeramachandran - UOP to Coimbatore CX to Cochin CX (Retention) , Prakash Chandra Ramawat - Lucknow CX to Kolkata CX , R. Alocious Selvaraj - UOP to Cochin CX to Coimbatore CX (Tirunelveli) (Retention) , R. K. Duggal - Delhi Customs to Delhi Customs (P) (Amritsar Customs) , R. K. Sood - HRD Directorate Delhi to Delhi CX , Rishi Goel - UOP to Systems Delhi to Jaipur CX (Retention) , Rita K. Singh (Ms) - NACEN Delhi to HRD Directorate, Delhi , S. M. Sayed - UOP to DGICCE Nasik to Nagpur CX , S. N. Nathan - GOAW Ghazipur to Kolkata Customs , Shaikh Khalid Abdullah - DGICCE Mumbai to Vigilance Mumbai , Shobha Fuller (Ms) - UOP to Cochin CX to Mysore CX (Mangalore) (Retention) , Surinder Gupta - Delhi Customs to Vigilance Delhi , T. V. Ravi - UOP to Bhopal CX to Bangalore Customs , U. Rajaram - DRI Bangalore to CESTAT Bangalore , U. V. Sangodhkar - Lucknow CX to Mumbai CX-I , V. Prabhakaran - CESTAT Chennai to Chennai CX.
66 Addl./Joint CITs transferred

As many as 66 Additional/ Joint Commissioners of Income Tax have been
transferred. AMITABH SHUKLA - NWR to DIGIT (VIG.),DELHI , RAM BILASH MEENA - DGIT(VIG.), DELHI to DELHI V , S. NAIYER ALI NAJM1 - BIHAR to DGIT (SYSTEMS) DELHI , RAJENDRAKUMAR MISHRA - TAM1LNADU to CPC, BANGALORE (KARANTAKA) , RANJANKUMAR - MUMBAI to DIT(V1G.),WEST ZONE, MUMBAI , MEETA SINHA - NER to DGIT(VIG.), DELHI , DIVYA BAJPAI - MUMBAI to DIT(VIG.),WEST ZONE, MUMBAI , B.K. PANDA - ORISSA to CPC, BANGALORE (KARNATAKA) , JAYARAM RAIPURA - MUMBAI to CPC, BANGALORE (KARNATAKA) , JAGJIVAN GARG - MUMBAI to DIT(VIG.)WEST ZONE, MUMBAI , SARDAR SINGH MEENA - RAJASTHAN to DIT(VIG.), NORTH ZONE, DELHI , G.G. KAMEI - DGIT(VIG.), DELHI to DELHI , MAHUA SARKAR - DIT(VIG.)WEST ZONE, MUMBAI to MUMBAI , SHANTAM BOSE - MUMBAI to GUJARAT , MAURYA MAHEN NATHABHAI - GUJARAT to RAJASTHAN , D. SUDHAKAR RAO - MUMBAI to TAMILNADU , PRISCILLA SINGSIT - NER to NWR , RAJPAL SINGH - RAJASTHAN to MP& CHHATISGARH , MONA MOHANT Y - DELHI to BIHAR , RACHNA SINGH - N.W.R. to RAJASTHAN , G.K.S. DHALL - MUMBAI to DELHI , S.K. MOHANTY - MUMBAI to WEST BENGAL , MS. A. KHAN - DELHI to TAMILNADU , DEEPALI CHANDRA - U.P.(E) to MP& CHHATISGARH , SUDHANSHU SHEKHAR JHA - MUMBAI to GUJARAT , to , SANJAY KUMAR - MUMBAI to TAMILNADU , N.RENGARAJ - TAMILNADU to KERALA , CHANDRA RAMAKRISHNAN - GUJARAT to MUMBAI , SANDIP GARG - MUMBAI to GUJARAT , SUMEDHA VERM A OJHA - DELHI to TAMILNADU , YAGDUTT SHARMA - MUMBAI to U.P.(W) , DILIP SHARMA - MUMBAI to RAJASTHAN , VIVEK BATRA - MUMBAI to NAGPUR , V.S. KUMAR - PUNE to TAMILNADU , ASHISH GUPTA - DELHI to RAJASTHAN , SUKHVBER SINGH CHOUDHARY - ON RETURN FROM DEPUTATION to WEST BENGAL , VATSALYA SAXENA - NAGPUR to PUNE , SURESH YADAV - DELHI to KARNATAKA , SATENDER SINGH RANA - NWR to MUMBAI , DEVISHARAN SINGH - DELHI to GUJARAT , H .V. JAIN - GUJARAT to MUMBAI , RAHUL GARG - DELHI to RAJASTTHAN , PURSHOTTAM KASHYAP - ON RETURN FROM DEPUTATION to RAJASTHAN , RAJESH KUMAR KEDIA - NADT, NAGPUR to DELHI , MANJU AJWAN1 - MUMBAI to PUNE . , UJAGER SINGH RAINA - RAJASTHAN to GUJARAT , MUDIT NAGPAL - MUMBAI {UOP-NWR} to GUJARAT , H.PHANI RAJU - MUMBAI to TAMILNADU , G.MANOJ KUMAR - ON RETURN FROM TRAINING to KARANTAKA , SHYAMALKUMAR SARKAR - UJ.(E) to U.P(W) , BANITA DEVI NAOREM - MUMBAI to U.P.(E) , C CHANDRAKANT A - NWR to TAMILNADU , DOLY LOYI - WEST BENGAL to NER , RAJIV SINHA - BIHAR to WEST BENGAL , K. HARIPRASADA RAO - ANDHRA PRADESH to KARNATAKA , JYOTI KUMARI - MUMBA1 to WEST BENGAL , L.K AGGARWAL - MUMBAI to WEST BENGAL , E.S.NAGENDRA PRASAD - ANDHRA PRADESH to TAMILNADU , CHANDANA RAMA CHANDRAN - KARNATAKA to NADT,NAGPUR , CAPT. P.K. BAJAJ - MUMBAI to U.P(E) , VIMALENDU VERMA - DELHI to WEST BENGAL , A.M.GOV1L - DELHI (UOP- U.P.(W)} to DELHI , RUCHIKA C.GOVIL - ON RETURN FROM DEPUTATION to DELHI , ASHOKKUMARJHA - NADT,NAGPUR to BHIHAR , MAHESH KUMAR - DGIT(HRD), DELHI to GUJARAT , RAJEEV RANKA - DG1T(V1G.), DELHI to DELHI.

Sanjay Bahadur to join Competition panel

Sanjay Bahadur Additional Commissioner of Inc ome Tax (CIT) Delhi on central deputation is going to join the Competition Commission New Delhi as Director (Ecomics) for a period of one year. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1989 batch.

Manoj Pandey to join Competition panel

Manoj Pandey Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) Patna on central deputation is going to join the Competition Commission New Delhi as Director (Law) for a period of one year. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1992 batch.

Transfer of S.A.R. Shaikh deferred

The CBDT has deferred transfer of Sajjad Ahmed Rafiyoddin Shaikh
Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT) Mumbai to West Bengal

Transfer of Babu Dev Naik deferred

The CBDT has deferred transfer of Babu Dev Naik Deputy Commissioner of
Income Tax (DCIT) Mumbai to Nagpur region till March 31,2010.
46 promoted as Jt. CITs/DITs
The CBDT has promoted 46 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers as Joint Commissioners of Income Tax (JCITs)/Joint DITs. They are:
K.K. JAISWAL - WEST BENGAL , O.P. AGGARWAL - WEST BENGAL , EKTA VISHNOI - PUNE (TILL AGT, 2010) , AMTT NIGAM - RAJASTTHAN , RAJEEV BENJWAL - TAMILNADU , VEENA RAJ - TAMILNADU , SUMANA SEN - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , DEEPAK TIWARI - UP(W) , NEEHAR RANJAN PANDEY - BIHAR , CHITTARANJAN DASH - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , ASHIMA NEB - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , MEERA SRIVASTAVA - TAMILNADU , SWAPANA NANU AMBATT - KERALA , G. KR1SBNAN - TAMILNADU , NAVEEN GUPTA - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , NEERJA PRADHAN - ORISSA , NAVNEET MANOHAR - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , YOGENDRA DUBEY - BIHAR , SOBHAN KAR - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , KURUVILA M. GEORGE - KERALA , SANJOG KAPOOR - ORISSA , NAINA SOIN KAPIL - U.P.(E) , SRUJANI MOHANTY - ORISSA , RAN SINGH - MP & CHATTISGARH , K. VASUDEVAN - TAMILNADU , CH. VENKATA GOPINATH - KARNATAKA , SANGHI SRIHARI RAO - TAMILNADU , M. RAJASEKHAR - KARNATAKA , NARESH SAKA - KARNATAKA , ANIL KUMAR P. CRAWARE - PUNE , P.W. ATHLEY - MP & CHATTISGARH S. MURALI MOHAN - KERALA , VIJAY KUMAR CHADHA - WEST BENGAL , KOMALI KRISHNA S. - TAMILNADU , SUMAN PURI - BIHAR , ARUN KUMAR GURJAR - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , AARSI PRASAD - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , N. RUDRA CHAKRAPANI - KARNATAKA , P.V. PRADEEP KUMAR - KERALA , HEMANT KUMAR C. LEWA - MP & CHATTISGARH , SHEKHAR L. GAJBHAIYE - BIHAR , SUNIL GAUTAM - DELHI (TILL AGT, 2010) , AJAY KUMAR - UP(E) , T.T. JACOB - MUMBAI , RAJNISH D. BURMAN - MUMBAI , I KITTO ZIMOMI - NER.
Amal Allana is again Chairperson of National School of Drama
Noted theatre artist Amal Allana has been re-appointed chairperson of the National School of Drama.
Punjab & Haryana High Court Judge appointed
Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court has been appointed as a Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
CBEC transfers 20 Dy./Asst. Commissioners
The Central Board of excise & customs (CBEC) has transferred itsofficers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs andCentral Excise. They are : Anil Kumar Sinha 15.03.1950 - Ranchi CX to NACEN, Patna , D. M. Durando (Ms.) 15.09.1961 - UOP to Pune CX to Mumbai CX-I (Retention) , Indira Sisupal (Ms.) 23.12.1961 - Coimbatore CX to CESTAT, Chennai , M. A. Darudwale - Delhi CX to Mumbai CX-II , M. M. Ravi Rajendran 12.06.1954 - UOP to Hyderabad CX to CESTAT, Bangalore , Mani Bhushan Bal 21.08.1950 - UOP to Patna Customs(P) to CESTAT, Kolkata , Manzoor Ali Ansari 03.06.1975 - Kolkata CX to GOAW, Ghazipur , Muhammad Ibrahim Mulla 28.03.1951 - UOP to Ahmedabad Customs to DGICCE, Mumbai , Narinder Singh 04.04.1950 - UOP to Meerut CX to Valuation, Delhi , P. Kalaichelvan 05.06.1956 - UOP to Cochin CX to CESTAT, Chennai , R. K. Chakraborty 20.04.1951 - UOP to Ranchi CX to CESTAT, Kolkata , S. Hema (Ms) 15.11.1952 - UOP to Bangalore CX to Vigilance, Chennai , S. R. Bhatti 01.10.1953 - UOP to Delhi Customs(P) to Mumbai CX-II (Retention) , Satyabrata Kumar 11.07.1977 - DRI Goa to Mumbai CX-II , Thota Seshu Babu 08.08.1950 - UOP to Vizag CX to Hyderabad CX , V. R. Kulkarni 16.10.1953 - UOP to Ahmedabad Customs to Vigilance, Mumbai , Vishal M. Sanap 13.02.1980 - Meerut CX to Mumbai Customs-III , Dinesh Bhoyar 31.05.1978 - Jaipur CX to Pune CX , H.A. Tulaskar 22.06.1951 - Chennai Customs (P) to Mumbai Customs-III , S. Sridharan 29.05.1950 - Vizag CX to Vigilance, Chennai.

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Chaudhary is new Director (Projects) RINL

Executive Director f the SAIL A.P. Chaudhary, has taken over as the new Director (Projects) with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL.

Tadas is MD of IDBI Gilts

G.A. Tadas has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of IDBI Gilts on deputation from IDBI Bank,

Ajay Vidyasagar is COO Sun TV

Ajay Vidyasagar has joined Sun TV Network as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Usha Ananthasubramanian is GM Bank of Baroda S Zone

Usha Ananthasubramanian has taken over as General Manager (Southern Zone) of Bank of Baroda.
Post of Director (Tech) in RITES vacant
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Tech), RITES Ltd. (RITES). Applications of the aspirants for the same are required to be forwarded to PESB by July 6, 2009 along with their up-to-date bio-data (in the prescribed form).

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A wonderful tailpiece

Yesterday's tailpiece is a wonderful post. Be gracious enough to convey my compliments to the author, who in humility has chosen to be known merely as "a visitor". I wish such posts continue to contribute in maintaining the high standards on the whispersinthecorridors!Pl keep it up.

M.L.Gupta

Tailpiece depicts truth

Very well written. It depicts the truth

Dr.Rajbala Yadav

Special Photograph Gujarat

Reference to the news item, who are the two gentlemen in the photograph and what is the significance to make the photograph special? Kindly enlighten the viewers.

R. Swami

Obsessed with Gandhi phobia

Like many others, including media, you too seem to be suffering from Ghandiphobia. Please do not aid this propaganda, which aims at making us believe that only Gandhi family can save this country. It is not undemocratic but ani-democratic. 28 year old raw person not knowing what is politics heading the second largest political party in the largest state in India! Not very prudent idea. Among other things it may spoil his political career.

Bishan Sharma

Transfers of IT officers

I agree with the thought that income tax postings are tilted in favour of the movers and shakers in relaxation of policy with no thought for those covered by policy. A case in point is that of lady officers not being allowed to invoke the spouse clause.

Rita

Competition in bureaucracy for expenditure needed

I agree .I think people within the bureaucracy would also agree from within. That is the reason there is so much of difference in results from expenditure. There is need for introducing competition within the civil service.

Ramarama Prasad

What a drain on public money?

One menace, which is eating away the taxpayers money in a big, is the misuse of office perks & facilities by the officials and Ministers over & above their entitlements including from the public sector undertakings and attached/subordinate offices. Cars are provided for dropping of children to schools/universities & back and also for the Madames to go to the market & to the kitty parties. Telepones are used to make personal calls. Staff members are used to perform domestic chores against all rules. When this happens a lot of hurt burn takes place amongst the Government servants who are honest. A sense of egoism, feudalism and obstinacy develops amongst people who misuse office perks and facilities. Some of them even prostrate before their superiors and start bullying their juniors. If less of vehicles will run on roads we will not only be saving on money & fuel but also reduce the atmospheric pollution. The overstaffing and understaffing problem
will also go away if there is right kind of deployment of personnel. Why should we give benefit to the telephone companies from out of the Government exchequer by way of unofficial calls?

A Srivastava

BJP -fight for Supremacy

For those who think that Rajnath Singh is the ultimate saviour of BJP let me tell you he is the most insecure person in the party. He will not compromise with any threat to his position within the party and makes it pretty sure that the party is not in a disarray especially in his home state of Uttar Pradesh, as there are many people who can rise from the state to challenge his authority. It is in his own personal interest that BJP is in the 4th position in the state. His insecurity led him to give 6 seats to the RLD so that he can secure his Ghaziabad seat in with RLD's Jat votes. The BJP lost in UP due to poor role as an opposition where it dare not raise any voice against the misdeeds of the autocratic government here. Samajwadis are more prompt when it comes to take out a procession or raise any voice. This is the state of affairs which made BJP the party it is today and if the leaders of the party do not understand the vices of its President it will
go into oblivion in UP. How does it matter? Go ahead other country thinking to have flat at moon we are still thinking chota chota .We must utilise him in proper way as chota thinking can get attraction but not good for country future we should be thinking for the country first then rest...see then result it will come best

Ghaus Mohammed