Third Eye: Delaying movement, ‘Narendra’Chandrababu Naidu, and Flame of the Forest

Delaying movement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday delayed his departure for the Bhopal Investor Summit so that "students are not inconvenienced". Apologising for being late at the event, the PM said: "When I arrived here yesterday, I realised that today class 10 and 12 students will appear for exams." Modi said he waited for a while because traffic arrangements for him could have led to route closures and students might have found it difficult to reach exam centres.

‘Narendra’ Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh governor S Abdul Nazeer’s gaffe on the first day of the budget session gave the Opposition YSRCP enough ammunition to disrupt and boycott his address to the joint sitting of the assembly and legislative council. During his speech, Nazeer addressed chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu as “Narendra” Chandrababu Naidu, triggering protests. With this, YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy walked out on his very first appearance in the House since elections.

Flame of the Forest

In a bid to commemorate August 16, 1990, around 120 palash trees will be planted on both sides of Hazra Road up to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. On that day, the then Youth Congress leader Banerjee was brutally beaten up for protesting against the ruling Left Front. She was hospitalised with severe head injuries. Palash (scientific name: Butea Monosperma) grows in south Asia and southeast Asia. It is also known as ‘flame of the forest’