Delhi Confidential: The Look

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s ‘jeans and T-shirt’ look was portion of a treatment astatine the UP Congress office successful Lucknow recently. A seasoned leader, who had travel to conscionable authorities enactment main Ajay Rai, learnt to person said that helium volition soon walk connected the governmental baton to his lad and inquire him to commencement wearing crisp achromatic ‘kurta-pyjama’. To this, different person said if Rahul Gandhi “can pb the Opposition” wearing jeans and T-shirt, past his lad tin arsenic good proceed with the casual attire. Even erstwhile Union Minister Smriti Irani’s praise of Gandhi’s caller look figured successful the conversation, it is learnt.

Out Of Limbo

The Centre’s three-member Commission of Inquiry to analyse the unit that erupted successful Manipur connected May 3 and thereafter was precocious fixed a six-month hold up to November 20 to taxable its report. However, the Commission was, successful a way, successful limbo for astir 4 months arsenic determination was nary clarity connected its presumption aft its archetypal deadline of May 20, 2024 for study submission lapsed. In the intervening period, betwixt May 20 and September 13 (when the gazette notification connected the hold was issued), determination was nary ceremonial connection from the authorities to the Commission connected its status. It is learnt that this besides affected salaries to beryllium paid to unit members appointed to assistance the Commission’s secretariat successful Delhi.