The Union Minister for Corporate affairs Salman Khursheed had put his foot in his mouth a couple of months back when he had admonished the Private Sector CEO's for receiving'Vulgar' Salaries.He was upset that many in the top bracket racked in crores as Salaries.
Many would be startled to know that a bill known as SALARIES & ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS AMENDEMENT BILL 2009 has been approved without any discussion in the LokSabha.It provides for the ministers to travel upto a maximum of 48 times a year(roughly,once a week) with their Kin(no limit on the numbers) in tow.
Usually the ruling party and the Opposition have a field day in parliament throwing mikes,chairs and tables and hurling the choicest of Abuses at one another.But often, the rarest of rare camaraderie and bonhomie is noticed all around when such goodies are offered and we can see that such bills get passed in a jiffy.
One of the best Presidents which we had in our midst was the highly educated,ever smiling & extremely down to earth Mr Abdul Kalam.He had rightly opposed 'the 'OFFICE OF PROFIT'' Bill and had sent this bill back but the Corrupt Congress men along with their allies got this bill passed in the Lok Sabha.Incidentally Sharad Pawar and his henchmen (Loyalists, if readers of this blog find this term Derogatory) ganged up to see that Mr Kalam, did not get his much respected and needed SECOND TERM as President of India.He was indeed the People's President and brought revolutionary changes and a whiff of fresh air inside Rashtrapati Bhuvan with his simple veiws and ideology.The Congress Party has often talked about austerity measures but some its own ministers like Aviation Minsiter Praful Patel,Foreign Minister S M Krishna along with his protege Shashi Tharoor,and the 'twisted mouthed' Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar have blatantly ignored directives laid down by their party upper Command,if any.
All the taxpayers money is spent on providing luxuries for the Greedy ministers which is one of the reasons of the Lop sided development in our Country.While the cities do sometimes get some of the infrastuctural facilities,we see women folk in villages trekking miles seeking potable water, lack of proper sanitary conditions,electricity and minimum Medical needs to survive.
We all hope that sometimes in our life time at least the Political leaders would wake to see the harsh conditions that our less fortunate, brethren live in (more than 20% go to sleep without food) and renounce some of the Luxuries they shamlessly indulge in....
Many would be startled to know that a bill known as SALARIES & ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS AMENDEMENT BILL 2009 has been approved without any discussion in the LokSabha.It provides for the ministers to travel upto a maximum of 48 times a year(roughly,once a week) with their Kin(no limit on the numbers) in tow.
Usually the ruling party and the Opposition have a field day in parliament throwing mikes,chairs and tables and hurling the choicest of Abuses at one another.But often, the rarest of rare camaraderie and bonhomie is noticed all around when such goodies are offered and we can see that such bills get passed in a jiffy.
One of the best Presidents which we had in our midst was the highly educated,ever smiling & extremely down to earth Mr Abdul Kalam.He had rightly opposed 'the 'OFFICE OF PROFIT'' Bill and had sent this bill back but the Corrupt Congress men along with their allies got this bill passed in the Lok Sabha.Incidentally Sharad Pawar and his henchmen (Loyalists, if readers of this blog find this term Derogatory) ganged up to see that Mr Kalam, did not get his much respected and needed SECOND TERM as President of India.He was indeed the People's President and brought revolutionary changes and a whiff of fresh air inside Rashtrapati Bhuvan with his simple veiws and ideology.The Congress Party has often talked about austerity measures but some its own ministers like Aviation Minsiter Praful Patel,Foreign Minister S M Krishna along with his protege Shashi Tharoor,and the 'twisted mouthed' Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar have blatantly ignored directives laid down by their party upper Command,if any.
All the taxpayers money is spent on providing luxuries for the Greedy ministers which is one of the reasons of the Lop sided development in our Country.While the cities do sometimes get some of the infrastuctural facilities,we see women folk in villages trekking miles seeking potable water, lack of proper sanitary conditions,electricity and minimum Medical needs to survive.
We all hope that sometimes in our life time at least the Political leaders would wake to see the harsh conditions that our less fortunate, brethren live in (more than 20% go to sleep without food) and renounce some of the Luxuries they shamlessly indulge in....
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