Siddhuism on LS floor

Navjot Singh Siddhu tried to make the most of his reputation, but his maiden calling attention motion in the Lok Sabha on Monday was more bluster than substance. Expectations from the cricketer-turned-commentator were high, with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee stating at the outset: 8216;8216;We are waiting to hear 8216;Sidhuisms8217;.8217;8217; The BJP MP demanded early completion of the four-lane road from Jalandhar to Amritsar. The 8216;Sidhuisms8217; that stood out were 8212; 8216;8216;there cannot be any fruit without the root8217;8217; any basic infrastructure needs a road, and 8216;8216;troubles and weeds thrive on lack of attention. So I am drawing his the minister8217;s attention8217;8217;.

MEDIA-MP SPORTS CONTEST

After hitting the bull8217;s eye with MPs on the recreation front, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad now has a plan for mediapersons. Buoyed by the success of his first sporting event for MPs held last week, Azad now wants a competition between MPs and journalists. While the sporting event is yet to be decided, shooting is certainly not on top of the agenda. While journalists may shoot from the hip, they certainly do not do so with a gun.