Inside track by Kumi Kapoor – PM Modi goes out of his way to show his respect for Yogi Adityanath

Waiting scribe?

The Press Information Bureau has not yet started the process of renewing the accreditation of journalists for the next year. Accredited correspondents are generally asked to apply for renewal of passes for the coming year by early November. Clearly, the exercise to revise and make press accreditation rules more contemporary and weed out “disqualified journalists” – which began under former Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar – is still underway. Journalist bodies believe that the right to define who is entitled to PIB cards and their access to government offices smacks of an attempt to control the media by cutting off those hostile to the regime. The example of heavily curtailing the number of journalists allowed to enter Parliament during sessions does not inspire confidence. Journalists now gain entry to Parliament’s press gallery on the basis of a lottery system, even as the threat of COVID has subsided and most of the restrictive measures in Parliament have been lifted. While the scrutiny of the list of accredited journalists is still on, the 2021 PIB passes may remain valid till March next year.

wrong diversion

Sonia Gandhi Digvijay Singh to head a strategy committee to consider how best to uncover inflation, CongressMajor campaign issue. Since permission was not granted to hold the rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the venue was shifted to Jaipur, where Ashok Gehlot is the chief minister. (A tactical mistake because people generally blame state administrations for rising prices.) However, Congress’s mind-set did not strike a bargain. Rahul Gandhi Will completely depart from the core issue and launch into a serious interpretation of the difference between Hinduism and Hindutva. his commentary was too philosophical for the average listener and he played in BJPFrom the hands of the ruling party, fearing it is on a weak wicket at prices, eager to exploit the Hindutva card in UP. In the 2019 general elections too, Gandhi drew attention from the issue of prices, instead focusing on the slogan “Chowkidar Chor Hai”, which did not go down well with voters. Actual Congress presidents often act unintentionally without consulting advisors. Incidentally, the Jaipur rally was organized by Gehlot, who was shocked when his arch-rival Sachin Pilot received maximum applause when Gandhi mentioned his name.

judicial discretion

In his autobiography, former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi responded to those questioning the lack of transparency in judicial appointments by explaining that if negative information was disclosed against a bypassed judge, it would lead to “avoidable embarrassment”. However, Gogoi himself does not hesitate to reveal the confidential notes on the basis of which some judges were denied appointments to the Supreme Court. He also attempted to settle accounts with former colleagues who had accused him of impropriety, alleging that Justices J Chelameswar and Madan Lokur “favoured the transfer of judges of their choice from one High Court to another in collegium meetings”. stopped”. He instigated an 11-year-old FIR relating to a former Supreme Court colleague suggesting “double standards”!

paternal husband

A video of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath walking behind Modi’s convoy in Saharanpur was tweeted with gusto. Akhilesh Yadav The way his party bosses treat the CM, make fun of him. Adityanath may not have been Modi’s first choice as the CM, but in this crucial assembly election, the PM has actually shown his respect for Adityanath, praising him and being regularly photographed with him. going out of your way. At Varanasi railway station, he placed his hands around the chief minister for the benefit of the photographers.

The many secrets of AI

Captain Shakti Lumba, who was closely associated with Indian Airlines for decades, shares several secrets in his book The Old Bold Pilot, which explains why the national carrier went downhill. Lumumba recalled the power of the pilots’ union. For example, in 1992, the then PM Narasimha Rao accepted the union’s demand that the concerned minister Madhavrao Scindia and the airline’s chairman and managing director be sacked. The author describes how the Ministry of Civil Aviation bypassed the Air Corporation Act, which did not allow any scheduled airline other than two national carriers, to blind so-called air-taxi operators by putting up billboards displayed at airports and in their offices. Took it. Own flight time and fare. Another interesting inside story is that of a minister whose wife was employed with Indian Airlines, and who used the PMO to put his wife in charge of Alliance Air’s in-flight department.