Hindustan Times
Last week some newspapers carried a picture of Sachin Pilot, a young minister in Manmohan Singh’s government. While one newspaper showed him seated on a charpoy and shaving, another captured him milking a buffalo at a village in Ajmer. The strap-line read: grassroot politics. Simply put this means that the current crop of ministers are making a beeline for rural areas and attempting a people-connect. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Filed under India · Tagged aam admi, common man, Congress, Congress leaders, Government, government policies, grassroot politics, Manmohan Singh, ministers, Rahul Gandhi, rural India, Sachin Pilot, urban India
I have written about Sachin Pilot earlier but that was in the context of his dad, Rajesh Pilot: an air force officer turned politician. Actually a milkman turned Air Force officer turned politician. His son, Sachin, took the last and ended up being a politician. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Air Force, Gujjar leaders, milkman, politician, Rajesh Pilot, road accident, Sachin Pilot, Safdarjung Road, Tyagaraj Marg
I knew Sachin Pilot’s dad: an effusive guy who never stopped talking about his past. Quite understandable. Also politically correct because what use is it to be a milkman if the world did not know about it. Therefore Sachin’s dad, Rajesh Pilot, a Congressman till he was alive, spoke more about delivering milk rather than being an air force officer. Read more
(23 votes, average: 4.35 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Air Force, Congress MP Sachin Pilot, Rajesh Pilot, Sachin Pilot
