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Akhilesh Yadav,the newly-appointed state president of the Samajwadi Party,may have much to learn from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav...

In step with times
Akhilesh Yadav,the newly-appointed state president of the Samajwadi Party,may have much to learn from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav,but Yadav juniors love for the environment has certainly impressed his father. So much so that Yadav senior has now started mentioning environmental issues often in his speeches. Last week,while criticising Mayawatis memorials,he expressed serious concern over the threat to the environment from these massive stone structures. Paryavaran ko khatra paida ho gaya hai, he said. Earlier,only Akhilesh,who had studied environment science in Australia,used to speak of the threat to the environment due to the dust produced by the large-scale cutting and grinding of stones at the memorials. Netaji wants to keep up with the times and his son is his guide, said a source in the SP.

Schooled in politics
A few days ago,several Christians joined the Congress. Nothing unusual,except that the event was held in the auditorium of the Christ Church School in Hazratganj area,and among those who joined the Congress was school principal Rakesh Chatri. They had gathered under the banner of UP Masih Sangh. The principal saw nothing wrong in a political event taking place in an educational institution. Vacations are going on right now. Otherwise,we would never have organised such a function here, he explained. The principal may be ignorant,but one expects somebody like Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi,who was present on the occasion,to know better.

Sounds familiar
Some passages in a booklet distributed to BSP leaders at a meeting on Saturday make interesting reading. After stating that the BSP had a missionary goal of establishing a casteless equalitarian social order,the booklet says,the struggle waged by sants,gurus and great men born in the Bahujan Samaj,particularly Mahatma Jyotiba Phule,Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj,Narayana Guru,Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar,Manyavar Shri Kanshi Ramji and later Bahen Kumari Mayawatiji,to attain this goal is very praiseworthy and unforgettable. The booklet is a BSP publication,whose president is none other than Mayawati. But a little self praise is nothing for somebody who has installed her own statues all over Lucknow.

Treading carefully
Willing to wound but afraid to strike. That about sums up the Congress approach to Mayawatis memorials. They criticise her,but are afraid of holding protests. When,in a single day,Mayawati dedicated to the public as many as 15 monuments,built at a cost of thousands of crores,the Congress reaction was subdued. While the Samjawadi Party organised a protest on the issue the next day,the Congress switched gears and took up the issue of power shortage and even submitted a memorandum to Governor T V Rajeshwar. Senior party leaders said they do not want to be very strident in criticising the installation of statues of Dalit icons when they are trying to strengthen their base in UP. We will rather concentrate on development issues which directly touch the common man, said a leader.

Khaki power
IPS officers are unhappy with two of their colleagues,both close to the power-that-be. Why cant we get them suspended from the IPS Association? They are sabotaging the associations attempt for the restoration of the police zones across the state, an officer remarked during an informal discussion at a recent meeting of IPS officers. Since the officers are powerful,anyone who moves a proposal against them will have to pay for it. So who will bell the cat?

Coach in trouble
Becoming the coach of a national team should be an honour. But seasoned Wushuist Vijender Singh lost his job for being the coach of the Indian Wushu team for the Asian Junior Wushu Championships held at Macau recently. Vijender had been serving as coach at the KD Singh Babu Stadium for the past two years. The UP Wushu Association said that the UP Sports Directorate had been informed that Vijender will not be able to attend the ad hoc coaches trials,which were held from June 8 to 10,as he would be out of country for the international event. But,instead of holding separate trials for him,another person was hired as Wushu coach at the stadium.

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