and we have seen manmohan singh (72?) bow deeply to bianca (alias priyanka) nehru's child, age 3. it is not known if manmohan touched boy-child nehru's feet in respect.
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From: K
Date: May 9, 2008 8:25 AM
Subject: Experts in sycophancy recognize it instantly!
To: Rajeev Srinivasan <Rajeev.srinivasan@gmail.com>
Amreli District Collector D.G. Jhalawadia did exactly that while accepting a cheque from Modi at a function last week. After receiving the cheque, Jhalawadia bowed down in a gesture of touching the CM's feet. Modi was in Amreli for Gujarat's foundation day on May 1. After announcing various schemes for the district, the chief minister had handed over a cheque for Rs 1 crore to the district collector.
Though bowing before the chief minister by recipients of awards, grants and compensation cheques is a common phenomenon, an IAS officer's gesture of touching Modi's feet has sparked a controversy.
The opposition Congress and Modi's detractors have cried foul over what they see as a gesture of sycophancy.
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...Must be a gesture of sycophancy indeed. After all, the Congress has seen:
1. Former President Giani Zail Singh declare that he would have gladly assumed the office of a sweeper if "Madam" had requested him to.
2. Senior politician N.D.Tiwari carry Sanjay Gandhi's slippers.
3. Manmohan Singh generously grant 100 crore rupees to the "Rajiv Gandhi Foundation" in his very first "epoch-making" budget in '91-'92. Owing to the uproar created by the entire opposition, the RGF declined to accept the money and gave M.Singh a fig leaf. But sycophancy dies hard, and the government decided to fund developmental projects with the money, but all in the name of Rajiv Gandhi.
http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/14020891.htm (Please save the material in this link, as it might disappear soon, a la AID's mayavi website)
Now...Who the hell are we to argue against such proven expertise?
S.R.Krishnan
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Material from the record:
02.08.91 *t14
STATEMENT BY MINISTER
FUNDS EARNMARKED FOR RAJIV GANDHI FOUNDATION IN THE GENERAL BUDGET 1991-92
284 General Budget
[English]
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE (SHRI MANMOHAN SINGH): This issue of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has been raised by many Hon. Members.
I have to inform the House that the Government have received a letter dated 31st July, 1991, from the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. The Foundation has thanked the Government for its intention to donate a generous sum to the Foundation. However, the foundation has suggested in its letter that the best way to carry out this intention is for the Government to identify suitable projects and programmes and fund them directly and implement them under its own supervision.
15.00 Hrs.
The Government have accepted the view expressed by the Foundation. Accordingly, a sum of Rs. 100 crores proposed in this year's Budget, to be given over a period of five years, will not be donated to the Foundation. However, the Government will identify suitable projects and programmes. These projects will be named after Shri Rajiv Gandhi and the Government will spend such sums as are necessary to carry out these projects and programmes. (Interruptions).
SHRI CHANDRA JEET YADAV (Azamgarh) : Mr. Chairman, Sir, this is a very casual way of dealing with the Budget. We are discussing the Budget of the country and the discussion is going on. The Government cannot take this kind of a most casual approach to allot the money of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and then withdraw it. From this, it appears, as if the Foundation is the master of the Budget of this country. The moment a letter comes from the Foundation the Finance Minister comes before the House and makes a statement. I do not know whether he is speaking on behalf of Cabinet. Also I do not know whether the Government had an opportunity to discuss it or not. This is not the way to deal with the Parliament of this country, which is the master of running the financial affairs of this country.
MR. CHAIRMAN : You have expressed your point.
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