MP requests CBI director's number during questioning

And other stories from Parliament grapevine

GN Bureau | February 16, 2011



Senior MPs questioned CBI director Amar Pratap Singh at the public accounts committee meeting. One MP, however, asked for Singh’s personal mobile number. Wonder which way the questioning went.

DMK leader T R Baalu slipped at the Delhi airport’s T3 terminal, but escaped unhurt. Baalu struggled on the long walkway after he dropped his boarding card. He slipped while trying to pick it up and almost fell.

The North Block basement is now a virtual fort with tight security as the union budget is being printed there. Part A is being printed today and the entire budget would be printed by Friday, sources say. Tax proposals will be finalized on Saturday and Sunday.

Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar is a religious man. He was seen at the Sarojini Nagar Vinayaka temple performing nine rounds of parikrama with his family. One wonders what indeed would merit such prayers.

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