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Former CAG points towards needless staffers accompanying VVIPs

Kashmir Times. Dated: 4/28/2016 11:39:22 PM

Dear Editor,
It refers to a column in a weekly magazine by former Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai (now Chairman of Banks Board Bureau) rightly drew attention towards unhealthy practice in India where staffers needlessly but traditionally accompany VVIPs including also ministers and others. The then British Prime Minister Tony Blair was seen standing unidentified like a common citizen with some typed pages in his hand in an event where he had to speak without any staffer with him!
But India is a country where the then Chief Justice of India BN Kripal instead of taking his gown in his car, blamed security-agencies to stop a car carrying his gown when he himself was in another car to reach Rashtrapati Bhawan to give oath to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam!
Prime Minister Narender Modi should set example by ordering his cabinet colleagues and advising all other VVIPs for doing with unhealthy and needless practice of taking staff with them while they are out of their offices. It will otherwise save a lot to public-exchequers because staffers even accompany travelling VVIPs in costly air-flights and luxurious rail-class.
‘India Shining’ and ‘Mera Bhaarat Mahan’!
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Delhi.