India's VVIP racists are slowly taking over roads, railways, airports and in some cases, even elevators. A train was allegedly stopped by supporters of Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti at Jhansi station after the minister was late by a few minutes, even as the authority denied such an incident. The alleged incident occurred on the intervening night of March 8 and March 9 at around 12.15 am when Gurudwara Express reached Jhansi station. As the minister was late by few minutes her supporters allegedly pulled the chain to stop the train. The train could leave at 12.30 am, sources said. When contacted Public Relation Officer of North Central Railway, Pavi Prakash said that he has no information about any such incident. He said that there was no question of stopping a train for a minister.
In an embarrassing gaffe, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Tuesday (March 10) walked off the podium when the national anthem was being played at an official function at Raj Bhavan, landing him in a controversy. Vala, who administered the oath of office to Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan as Judge of Karnataka High Court, walked down the stage as the national anthem was being played as per the protocol. As the governor, who appeared unaware of the national anthem being played, walked off, others on the dais and guests stood in attention. This act of Vala left every one present including Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court D H Waghela, Justice Chauhan and Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee who were on stage, surprised. However, as Vala was walking away, one of the governor's aides alerted him about the lapse, following which he soon returned to the podium and stood in attention.
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