No seats for Union Ministers
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 04 2011:
Even as elaborate arrangements were made for the public function addressed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Kangla yesterday, other Union Ministers who came with them had to stand throughout the function as they were not given any seats.
The Union Ministers who were thus humiliated were DoNER Minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar, Union Minister of Law Salman Khurshid, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanswami and AICC general secretary (North East in-charge) Luizinho Faleiro.
In addition to the goof-up committed by the organisers of the mega event, the Union Ministers were also not greeted by any of the Ministers and MLAs of the State.
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Being reduced to persona non grata, the Union Ministers were made to stand near the VIP gate on the northern side of the meeting ground throughout the meeting.
None of the Ministers and MLAs seated in the VIP seats bothered to spare any seat for the standing Union Ministers.
The embarrassing situation came to an end only when Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi came down from the platform after the function was over.