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Shouldn't Pratibha Patil, former President of India, be behaving more gracefully!

By Subhash Chandra Agarwal, RTI activist | PUBLISHED: 03, Aug 2015, 16:42 pm IST | UPDATED: 03, Aug 2015, 16:57 pm IST

Shouldn't Pratibha Patil, former President of India, be behaving more gracefully! New Delhi: The former President of India, Pratibha Patil, notorious for being personally over-desirous both during and even after being at highest post of the nation, now has demanded both an official car in addition to fuel for her private vehicle. It is indeed height of greediness of a person having been seated on highest post of the nation that too when her family by itself is super-rich to afford all types of luxuries in life. What more in a country where farmers commit suicides, she also wanted a bigger official car.

Everyone knows RTI response confirming misuse of her post as President of India for spending lavishly on foreign-trips for leisure and pleasure of her grand-children, friends and relations costing nation a heavy bill of much more than rupees 200 crores. Thanks to transparency-Act which made it possible for return of costly foreign gifts received by her in her official capacity, which she managed to take with her to her home-town in name of a private trust controlled by her family. She also created controversy in demanding a much bigger bungalow as her post-retirement residence.

Exposure of her such acts in public-domain has created an undignified picture of world’s largest democracy for which Congress President should with whole humbleness express regret for wrong selection of party-candidate for highest post of the nation when her party in power was commanding majority made Pratibha Patil win Presidential elections.

India should adopt US practice of providing just half of last drawn salary as only post-retirement benefit for persons in legislative system including President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and others.
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