Power of RTI makes president give up retirement home!!

[JanjaWeed]

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil has decided to forgo the proposed accommodation in Pune for her after retirement. President's office said she was pained by media reports about Patil's post-retirement home in Pune.

Her decision to spend her retirement at a newly-constructed Pune house at government expense was a marked departure from a long-held tradition, besides the unprecedented opposition from a group of ex-servicemen.

Going by the tradition, retiring presidents spent the rest of their time in a government accommodation in the national Capital or went back to their respective home states.

Many officers who have served in Rashtrapati Bhavan in the past cannot recall another instance of a retiring president in recent times moving out of Delhi, and get the government to build a new house for him.

full report:

President Pratibha Patil gives up post-retirement home in Pune - The Times of India

 

[jamesbaldwin]

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil has decided to forgo the proposed accommodation in Pune for her after retirement. President's office said she was pained by media reports about Patil's post-retirement home in Pune.

Her decision to spend her retirement at a newly-constructed Pune house at government expense was a marked departure from a long-held tradition, besides the unprecedented opposition from a group of ex-servicemen.

Going by the tradition, retiring presidents spent the rest of their time in a government accommodation in the national Capital or went back to their respective home states.

Many officers who have served in Rashtrapati Bhavan in the past cannot recall another instance of a retiring president in recent times moving out of Delhi, and get the government to build a new house for him.

full report:

President Pratibha Patil gives up post-retirement home in Pune - The Times of India

Good God this woman!!!! Who does she think she is?? It is not enough to abuse the powers of the office when she is president but she wanted to continue this abuse after she had retired? Just when you think it can't get any worse and then this!!Trust the good old IA to set her straight- always dependable.

 

[Abhishek_]

saw this in the AM. put a big smile on the face. congrats

 

[sarthak]

saw this in the AM. put a big smile on the face. congrats

Dude , who's the chick in your avatar ? Her eyes are very beautiful