RAISINA TATTLE: Sharad Yadav gives up on AgustaWestland
JD(U) veteran Sharad Yadav showed his frustrations with the AgustaWestland scandal
The debate in the RS on the AgustaWestland corruption scandal was lengthy.
JD(U) veteran Sharad Yadav admitted he had burnt the midnight oil to study the papers sent by colleague KC Tyagi to prepare for the debate, but was unable to comprehend much.
He interrupted Manohar Parrikar during his long-winded reply, saying: “Itna lamba bhashan kaun samjhega (Who will understand such a long speech)?”
AWGP head nominated to RS
Pranav Pandya, head of All World Gayatri Parivar (AWGP), has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Narendra Modi government.
On April 22, the government had nominated Subramanian Swamy, Narendra Jadhav, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Suresh Gopi, Swapan Dasgupta and Mary Kom as the new Rajya Sabha members.
Mumbai-born Pandya, an MD, is director and head of AWGP - a modern adoption of the age-old wisdom of Vedic Rishis, who practiced and propagated the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Its headquarters is in Haridwar.
Jaya's lawyer to be SC judge
The SC Collegium has recommended noted senior advocate L Nageswara Rao, who is a counsel for Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa in a DA case, for appointment as a judge of the apex court.
Rao earlier served as Additional Solicitor General during the UPA-II government and the present NDA government before he resigned.
Sources say others recommended for elevation to the SC are the Chief Justices of Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
AAP leaders at DU to find proof
Three AAP leaders met DU authorities to seek proof of PM Narendra Modi’s graduation degree. They claimed that DU directed them to approach the PMO.
While V-C Yogesh Tyagi did not comment on the meeting, he maintained that the university’s RTI department is looking into it.
The leaders landed in DU a week after the CIC directed DU and Gujarat University to provide the information to Kejriwal.
No successor for Dhowan yet
Navy chief admiral RK Dhowan is retiring this month-end, but the government is yet to make an announcement of his successor.
Though not a rule, precedent has it that the name of the new chief is announced a month before the take-over day.
As per the navy’s succession order, vice-admiral Sunil Lanba, who heads the western naval command, is next in line to become the chief.
However, the arm will wait till the government makes a formal announcement in this matter and then do the needful.
