Bric-a-brac
young & old
train travel for this
CM
Haryana’s
Chief
Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, is a man of simple living and high thinking. So
what if he wears varied spanking Modi-style jackets all the time. His
predecessor, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was just the reverse. Hooda used to travel
by Mercedes cars and the like, accompanied by about 100 security
personnel, wherever he went. The tiny state had to bear the expenses of a
high-flying chief minister. Now, Khattar and his team have adopted economical
measures and feel the message should flow from the chief minister’s office
itself. It was proposed that the Haryana government buy an aircraft to decrease
travel time for the chief minister. The government already has a Kingair
10-seater aircraft. Khattar chose to reject the proposal and told the officials
that he would prefer to travel between Delhi and Chandigarh by train and within
the state by the official car. In case of urgent work, the aircraft will be
used. The officials and the suppliers of the aircraft company are disappointed
but the state is relieved that finally Haryana has a chief minister who not
only preaches austerity but implements it in letter and spirit.
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