Third Eye: After '40 winks' was caught on screen, JDU MP stumps his own party, and idea floated and rejected

Big screens inside the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers have put several MPs in the spotlight and many times they have been caught unawares. When FM Nirmala Sitharaman was replying to the budget debate in the Upper House on Wednesday, MoS (social justice) Ramdas Athavale, seated just behind the FM, was seen on TV enjoying his '40 winks'. Junior external affairs minister Pabitra Margherita noticed this. Athavale was woken up. He remained alert for the remainder of the presentation.

JDU MP Stumps his Own Party, Ally BJP
JDU MP from Sitamarhi in Bihar, Devesh Chandra Thakur, is once again in spotlight, this time for his remarks against his own party and ally BJP. While addressing a meeting in Vaishali, Thakur said all parties worked against him during the Lok Sabha election. He said RJD was fighting against him officially, but he wasn’t sure if JDU and BJP were with him or against him. Thakur said that he won only because of his reputation among the people. He also praised RJD leader Lalu Prasad for helping him win his first MLC poll. A few days ago, Thakur hit the headlines for his comment that he won’t do any work for Muslims and Yadavs as they hadn’t voted for him.


Idea Floated and Rejected
India Tourism Development Corporation operates two cafeterias on Parliament’s ground floor and both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items are served there. A BJP MP, however, suggested that that there should be a separate canteen just for vegetarian food. When an ITDC official shared the suggestion with BJP allies, MPs strongly protested and asserted that such a suggestion should be junked.