Gov’t ministers, toilet fantasies and money down the drain….
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We’ve all heard that story about how our sarkari babus set out on an austerity drive, in order to divert hard-earned tax-payer revenue on more productive, and cost-effective ventures. So, a day after the government made their much-hyped claim of cost-cutting, how well have our netajis really adapted to a more frugal way of life?
Not very well at all… at least not according to latest public exchequer-spending reports from Delhi.
In a recent survey conducted by a leading national daily, reporters found that the Director General of Works of the Central Public Works Department had been flooded with a barrage of bizarre, and exorbitant, demands by the UPA fraternity. Case in point being Jitin Prasada’s long, and very detailed requistion list which consisted of toilet fittings from Kohler, Italian marble and wall and floor tiles of EP02 NATSQ make. All very exotic, very expensive and certainly not appropriate in times when well-paying jobs are increasingly rare to stumble upon.
Our Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas is not the only one with an unreasonable desire for urgent bathroom renovations… reports indicate that another minister even insisted on having a new toilet installed behind her chair (yes you read that correctly!), in keeping with the advice of her personal Vaastu consultant!
Austerity aside, why do our ministers have this sudden newfound fixation with toilets? Perhaps the stench of rotting promises and fake assurances is becoming too difficult to bear? If so, then a sturdy little “Made In China” facility would do wonders to discreetly flush away all pledges to the public and pretend they never really happened. Ingenious, what say? And they are economically priced so all ministers can receive one without budget overruns.
But seriously though…the recent brouhaha over security concerns when our babu-log travel economy-class coupled with the demand for all these outrageous extras can only mean one thing – it’s only a matter of time before all plans to curb unnecessary spending are scrapped and our fat-cat netajis resume their old, spendthrift ways…Italian-made toilet fittings and all.
Squeeze a bit more!
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The Austerity drive is in the news jus as new gimmick by the govt to attractp to its public attention….Since Congress has to keep up to its Aam Aadmi image and this yr droughts hve strcuk India Badly,so this move is jus to connect wid people..And worse To start wid toilets is kiNda Sick!!!!!
Bt i dnt mind having a Italian style Toilet in ma home….