We Are Like This Onlee - 2

[Capt M Kumar]

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12 Jun 2008, 1103 hrs IST, PTI

LUCKNOW: What's in a name? Apparently a lot if you are an MLA in UP where a pan masala called Vidhayak has angered a lawmaker who has moved a contempt notice in the assembly against the manufacturer and officer involved in giving permission for the sale of the "humiliating" product.

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha secretariat is now on a mission of identifying those running the pan masala unit and departments and officers involved in giving registration, license and permission for its sale.

According to MLA Ishwar Chandra Shukla, Vidhayak Masal humiliates MLAs and those running or involved in giving permission to run the unit should be punished.

Shukla had moved privilege and contempt of House notices against the manager of the firm manufacturing it and officers involved in giving permission for the sale of the "humiliating masala ".

The problem for the Vidhan Sabha secretariat started after a notice was received on January 21 last during the assembly session and since then it has been trying to find out the concerned department responsible for its sale.

"In the past four months, the secretariat had written letters to minor industries, Tax and Registration, Home and Trade Tax departments but all of them feigned ignorance about the pan masala unit allegedly being run in the state capital", Principal Secretary, Vidhan Sabha, Rajendra Prasad Pandey told reporters.

As the matter is to be put before Vidhan Sabha Speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar for taking a final decision, the information about the unit and officers involved in the process is a must.