Friday, August 16, 2013

Party derails sometimes


Revolt in BJP over plan to support NRI for RS 
Yashwant: It's Like Putting Up MLAs for Auction 

Strong resistance from within its ranks, with former finance minister Yashwant Sinha alleging that the party has put a price tag on its MLAs, has forced the BJP leadership to re-consider its "mysterious" decision to support NRI Anshuman Mishra's aspirations for a Rajya Sabha seat from Jharkhand.

Even a party with a difference derails from its chosen path.

BJP too is not short of multimillionaires:
Jaitley discloses assets worth Rs.158 cr 
The BJP leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and  senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has disclosed movable and immovable properties worth Rs 158 crore. TNN 


REF : TOI, CHENNAI, MARCH 21, 2012)

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Green ministry panel bypasses own rules


Allows Mining in Country's Best Sal Forest, Elephant Reserve in Jharkhand

The environment ministry's statutory expert panel, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), has by-passed its rules and earlier orders to clear iron mining projects by three private firms in the country's best sal forest and the core zone of the elephant reserve in the Saranda forest division of Jharkhand.

 In what could threaten the UPA's much-touted Saranda Development Plan to counter Left wing extremism, the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI)__ headed by the Prime Minister —has also given its stamp of approval to two firms and the nod for the  third company seems a mere formality. This could lead to a gold rush as the Jharkhand government has prepared a list of 155 mines to be opened in the 800sq km of prime forestland. 

(REF: TOI, CHN, MAY 18, 2013, Saturday)