The Sari Walkathon organised by the Ministry of Textiles, which has been enthusiastically welcomed by many BJP women MPs in their constituencies, saw its biggest success last weekend in Rajasthan's Kota, represented by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The event, meant to raise fitness awareness as well as support local weaves, recorded the participation of around 10,000 women from Uttarakhand, Goa, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Telangana, Kerala, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Gujarat, sporting their state’s traditional saris. Birla, who flagged off the 2-km walk, termed it a “programme meant not only to encourage women but also to empower them”. Virtually, Personally Last weekend, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud as the chief guest delivered the keynote address at the 72nd convocation at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. An unintentional mix-up of words by the CJI, who was virtually attending the event, left people amused when he said he wanted to “personally” apologise to Rajmata Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad, the Chancellor of the university, for not being able to “personally” attend the event. ‘Missing’ Question Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh inadvertently skipped a question while presiding over the House on Monday. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar returned to the chair and clarified that the question was not taken due to “certain technical problems”. As Opposition MPs protested, Harivansh clarified from his seat that the question just “slipped through the computer, it went ahead”. When the Opposition MPs continued their protest, the Chairman expressed his confidence in Harivansh, saying there could not have been a Deputy Chairman with “better qualities and independence, more than I have”. The skipped question was taken up later.
