03-30-2005, 06:23 AM
<b>Collector prefers sweeper to politicians</b> <!--emo&
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Pathak did not even invite local politicians for the function... The hospital sweeper was given a new dress and garlanded before he cut the ribbon," fumed a politician, famed and feared before the imposition of President's rule for his "right" and "high" connection<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pathak is unfazed. "I opted for a sweeper because it takes three years to get an appointment from a 'VIP'," he told ToI and justified his decision, saying the old hospital building was in a dilapidated condition and would have collapsed in the three years' time. The plaque, of course, would be soon put on the building.
Not that Pathak did the unthinkable for the first time. In the run-up to the elections, he gave a rude shock to the state's ruling elite when he ordered the externment of many heavyweight politicians, including Lalu's "saala" Sadhu, from the district for, what he said, ensuring peaceful polls.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pathak is unfazed. "I opted for a sweeper because it takes three years to get an appointment from a 'VIP'," he told ToI and justified his decision, saying the old hospital building was in a dilapidated condition and would have collapsed in the three years' time. The plaque, of course, would be soon put on the building.
Not that Pathak did the unthinkable for the first time. In the run-up to the elections, he gave a rude shock to the state's ruling elite when he ordered the externment of many heavyweight politicians, including Lalu's "saala" Sadhu, from the district for, what he said, ensuring peaceful polls.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->