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January 24, 2013

The untouchable Singh

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The untouchable Singh
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is facing a peculiar problem. It is small ministry but its spread and grip is nationwide. With meagre resources on hand, three public sector undertaking under its umbrella, it has one Cabinet Minister and two Ministers of State. C P Joshi the firebrand member of Parliament from Rajasthan, has a tight grip on the Ministry. As a result, the two Ministers of State – Dr Tushar A Chaudhary and Sarvey Sathyanarayana – are only figurative heads, who literally have any work on hand, barring the routine signing of files in the Ministry. The de facto boss of the Ministry is R P Singh, Chairman, National Highway Authority of India. It is the biggest PSU under the Ministry and all work related to national highways is routed through the NHAI.,,,READ MORE

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