Delhi Confidential: Bihar lesson

According to a party member, Yadav cautioned SP workers as certain songs released in support of the RJD during the Bihar polls proved damaging for the Opposition alliance.

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav

DAYS AFTER Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD blamed some Bhojpuri singers as one of the reasons for the party’s loss in the Bihar elections, claiming they released songs which either projected an aggressive image of the party or showed it in poor light, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has cautioned his party’s cultural cell workers against creating any “Bihar-like” song. According to a party member, Yadav cautioned SP workers as certain songs released in support of the RJD during the Bihar polls proved damaging for the Opposition alliance. SP’s cultural cell frequently releases video songs in Yadav’s support and these are played at his press conferences and party events. On Saturday, when Yadav allowed a music video of an office-bearer to be played at the party office, he cautioned that the maker would be responsible if there was any “political error”.

Court matters

AMID THE judiciary vs legislature debate, Parliament scored a “convincing” win over the Supreme Court on Saturday — on a badminton court. At an exhibition match at Delhi’s Thyagaraj Stadium, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant teamed up with Justice Vikram Nath to take on Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Minister of State for Law & Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal. The ministers scored an easy win. The exhibition match was the highlight of a two-day tournament in which over 80 judges from the Supreme Court and High Courts took part. The tournament was organised by former international badminton player Abantika Deka, with support from the Ministry of Law and Justice and the Supreme Court.

Break Time

AFTER AN intensely busy few months, first with the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls starting in June and then the Assembly elections that got over on November 14, Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal and Additional CEOs paid a visit to the Election Commission headquarters recently. It is learnt that the officials called on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after the successful completion of the SIR and elections. Gunjiyal, it is learnt, went on a trekking trip after that.