Delhi Confidential: Focus States

Another Glitch
The Vande Bharat Express has again encountered technical glitches. It is said that a lightning arrester burst a few days ago, leading to a delay en route to Delhi. The problem happened again a couple of days later. Now, it has been decided to run the train through another section as Railways says the fault is in the overhead equipment in a particular section. Some officials are sensing departmental wrangling in deciding what actually ails the showpiece train and how the organisation addresses it.

Panel Delay
It has been some time since the new Lok Sabha MPs took oath, and they are now one session old. However, Parliamentary standing committees are yet to be constituted. The matter caused much consternation during the session —- with the Opposition accusing the government of subverting Parliament and the government maintaining that it was the Opposition parties’ tardiness in giving names for the committees that had caused the delay. It is unconventional for the committees to not be in place by the beginning of September.