Delhi Confidential: Skip Protocol At Home Event

Attending a cultural event linked to his home state Haryana, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stood out from the rest of the VVIPs on Sunday, when he joined the visitors waiting in a queue for their registra­tion. The minister was told that the queue was for the payment of Rs 3,500 contri­bution that all the visitors were making to get a name tag and a lunch plate at the ‘Haryana Maitri Diwas’ being held at the Delhi Police Mess. The former Haryana CM stood in the queue and made his share of contribution. This was the second edition of the annual event, put together by Chandigarh DGP Sagarpreet Hooda. The event was attended by several prominent public figures, including CJI Surya Kant, who is from Hisar, and Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, who traces her roots to the state’s Julana.

Check First, Bill Later

The Parliamentary Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, had to tweak the agenda for an upcoming meeting on December 29. The committee was planning to discuss and compare the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 with MGNREGA during the meeting, but BJP MP Vivek Thakur on Sunday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that a comparison cannot be done until the implementation of the new Bill, said sources. It has now been decided that the agenda will only include a discussion on MGNREGA and not be a comparison between the UPA and the NDA Bills.