*Bengaluru **June 30:* When a government changes hands, the common man has little idea of the huge cost to the exchequer that is borne by the taxpayer. As Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his Cabinet colleagues move into their new homes before and after the inauspicious month of ashada, an army is working round the clock to get them ready.
PWD officials say they have knocked down walls, stripped wooden floors, ordered new desks and plush sofas and television sets for senior ministers like Bellary mine baron Karunakar Reddy, the new revenue minister and women and child welfare minister, P.M. Narendra Swamy, running up bills to the tune of Rs 1 crore for now. Is there a budgetary limit on renovation? Surprise, surprise. There's none. If vaastu requires it, the state government sets no boundaries. Except to say that interior decoration must cost Rs 3 lakh for Cabinet ministers and two lakhs for MLAs. http://www.deccan.com/Bengaluru/home/homedetails.asp#Ministers%20spend%20a%20bomb%20on%20Vaastu ----------------------------- I blog at: http://legalterror.wordpress.com/ http://society.indianskeptic.com/ Keep Fighting 498A Keep Fighting Legal Terrorism Keep Fighting Inequality in Justice http://www.pollsb.com/webdigr If "con" is the opposite of "pro", then what is the opposite of progress? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
