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Resentment against hike in bus fare mounting in Bhopal

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NK SINGH Though a Govt. directive has frustrated the earlier efforts of the MPSRTC to increase the city bus fares by as much as 300 per cent, the public resent even the 25 per cent hike. It is "totally unjust, uncalled for and arbitrary", this is the consensus that has emerged from an opinion conducted by "Commoner" among a cross-section of politicians, public men, trade union leaders, and last but not least, the common bus travelling public. However, a section of the people held, that an average passenger would not grudge a slight pinche in his pocket provided the MPSRTC toned up its services. But far from being satisfactory, the MPSRTC-run city bus service in the capital is an endless tale of woe. Hours of long waiting, over-crowding people clinging to window panes frequent breakdowns, age-old fleet of buses, unimaginative routes and the attitude of passengers one can be patient only when he is sure to get into the next bus are some of the ills plaguing the city b...
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Bihar: A Brief Committee

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Justice TLV Aiyer

NK SINGH

On April 3, 1969 the Congress-led coalition Government's new Chief Secretary, SN Singh, set up a committee of top officers, including himself, to "assist and guide" the two inquiry commissions set up by the previous governments in Bihar -- the Aiyer and Mudholkar Commissions.

These are at present inquiring into charges of corruption and misuse of power against six former Congress ministers and 14 United Front ministers.

According to the officials, the briefing committee was to scrutinize evidence relating to each charge with reference to relevant papers and instruct lawyers concerned about the Government's point of view in respect of each charge.

But the storm of protest forced the Chief Minister to dissolve the committee on April 9.

Almost all the party leaders had sharply reacted to its formation. Even the Congress leaders.

The most interesting party of the drama was the disunity among the Top Five for whose benefit the Aiyer Commission was sought to be scuttled.

Excerpts from Frontier 26 April 1969


Frontier 26 April 1969

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