06-22-2004, 02:35 PM
In the newspeak of the UPA, to be saffron is worse than being a terrorist or a Pak diplomat who has been charged with espionage. The Pak diplomat is wined and dined, while saffron, one of the colors of the tri color is denigrated. If being saffron is so bad why not remove it from the flag altogether and be done with it.
So now we are back to being fed a pack of lies in our history books which is what the Communists really want - the pound of flesh that the communists demanded in return for support in Dilli. It appears some Hindus will sell their own Mother to attain power. The rot that set in when IG let the camel in the tent during and after the emergency, has now come full circle and the fungus has spread , the camel is in and the Hindu is out (of the tent). The next step is to hire some Pakis to write our history books. Come to think of it why not just adopt the Paki texts it would save money for the Indian taxpayer. But who cares about saving money in Dilli anymore.
Joshi's men shown the door
Barkha Goel/ New Delhi
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In pursuit of its so-called commitment towards de-saffronisation" the UPA Government is dropping all of former Union Minister MM Joshi's men like hot potatoes.</span> The latest to figure on the hitlist are Kapil Kumar, member-secretary of the Indian Council for Historical Research, and Anil Kapoor, secretary of the National Centre for Education Research and Technology (NCERT).
The Human Resource Development Ministry issued orders sacking Mr Kumar and Mr Kapoor on Monday. These come after VS Pande, former joint secretary in the HRD Ministry, and financial advisor VK Pipersenia, were under the scanner after their role in the IIM fee-cut controversy. For the time being, AK Ambasht, a director in the HRD Ministry, has been given the additional charge of member-secretary, ICHR. This has caused disappointment in certain quarters as Leftist PK Shukla expected the job.
Mr Kumar was given the additional charge on February 5, 2004. This was after overruling the objections raised by the then chairman, MGR Narayanan, who was backing Mr Shukla, the senior- most director in the ICHR.
His removal from the post comes after a request made by chairman, ICHR, DN Tripathi, to the HRD Ministry last month. Mr Tripathi was unhappy about Mr Kumar not spending adequate time in his role as member-secretary since he was occupied by his work in IGNOU.
Mr Kapoor was given the additional charge of secretary, NCERT, during the reign of the former HRD Minister. His removal was impending since he holds the key to all important NCERT documents. Mr Kapoor has handed over the charge to Vivek Bhardwaj, another deputy secretary in the HRD Ministry.
Sources said Mr Kapoor's removal will do away with hurdles in the path of Secretary, Education and Literacy, Kumud Bansal as she approaches the deadline for submission of a report on charges of financial and administrative irregularities in the NCERT in early July .
Allegations include victimisation of colleagues, appointment of relatives, engaging consultants without justification, irregular spending of Rs 1 crore in the name of commissioning new textbooks and spending another Rs 1 crore for cultural programmes in the NCERT.
Dissatisfied with the functioning of officials in the ICHR, Mr Kumar plans to submit a report regarding the misgovernance in ICHR. Talking to The Pioneer, Mr Kumar appeared bitter about the system of governance that seemingly lacks a professional approach.
So now we are back to being fed a pack of lies in our history books which is what the Communists really want - the pound of flesh that the communists demanded in return for support in Dilli. It appears some Hindus will sell their own Mother to attain power. The rot that set in when IG let the camel in the tent during and after the emergency, has now come full circle and the fungus has spread , the camel is in and the Hindu is out (of the tent). The next step is to hire some Pakis to write our history books. Come to think of it why not just adopt the Paki texts it would save money for the Indian taxpayer. But who cares about saving money in Dilli anymore.
Joshi's men shown the door
Barkha Goel/ New Delhi
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In pursuit of its so-called commitment towards de-saffronisation" the UPA Government is dropping all of former Union Minister MM Joshi's men like hot potatoes.</span> The latest to figure on the hitlist are Kapil Kumar, member-secretary of the Indian Council for Historical Research, and Anil Kapoor, secretary of the National Centre for Education Research and Technology (NCERT).
The Human Resource Development Ministry issued orders sacking Mr Kumar and Mr Kapoor on Monday. These come after VS Pande, former joint secretary in the HRD Ministry, and financial advisor VK Pipersenia, were under the scanner after their role in the IIM fee-cut controversy. For the time being, AK Ambasht, a director in the HRD Ministry, has been given the additional charge of member-secretary, ICHR. This has caused disappointment in certain quarters as Leftist PK Shukla expected the job.
Mr Kumar was given the additional charge on February 5, 2004. This was after overruling the objections raised by the then chairman, MGR Narayanan, who was backing Mr Shukla, the senior- most director in the ICHR.
His removal from the post comes after a request made by chairman, ICHR, DN Tripathi, to the HRD Ministry last month. Mr Tripathi was unhappy about Mr Kumar not spending adequate time in his role as member-secretary since he was occupied by his work in IGNOU.
Mr Kapoor was given the additional charge of secretary, NCERT, during the reign of the former HRD Minister. His removal was impending since he holds the key to all important NCERT documents. Mr Kapoor has handed over the charge to Vivek Bhardwaj, another deputy secretary in the HRD Ministry.
Sources said Mr Kapoor's removal will do away with hurdles in the path of Secretary, Education and Literacy, Kumud Bansal as she approaches the deadline for submission of a report on charges of financial and administrative irregularities in the NCERT in early July .
Allegations include victimisation of colleagues, appointment of relatives, engaging consultants without justification, irregular spending of Rs 1 crore in the name of commissioning new textbooks and spending another Rs 1 crore for cultural programmes in the NCERT.
Dissatisfied with the functioning of officials in the ICHR, Mr Kumar plans to submit a report regarding the misgovernance in ICHR. Talking to The Pioneer, Mr Kumar appeared bitter about the system of governance that seemingly lacks a professional approach.