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Rules meant to be broken?

The model code of conduct relating to panchayat raj elections could only be seen in breach than in observance in Krishna district. On Sunday, Machilipatnam MP Badiga Ramakrishna and Vuyyuru MLA K. P. Saradhi participated in a road show by standing in an open top vehicle, and the convoy that followed them had more vehicles than the permitted number. In Kanchadam village in Bantumilli mandal later during the day, the MP, local MLA B. Veda Vyas and other Congress leaders trooped into a church to make the best use of a captive Sunday gathering to seek votes. All is fair in love and war, no doubt, but not in elections too?

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) organised a national seminar on taxes here last week. The organisers had a novel way of telling the speakers when to wind up their speech. The screen of an overhead projector was put up to a side facing the dais, on which was projected the number of minutes allotted to each speaker. Most of the speakers finished their speeches well in time, or, on the dot. The only one to overshoot the limit was the ICAI president T.N. Manoharan who covered a wide ambit of topics at a tremendous pace. Even the president allowed himself a grace period of only 30 seconds. The huge digits ticking on the screen surely had the necessary impact.

Commissioner of employment and training K. Mangapathi Rao was certainly not amused by the sincerity of the students of Government ITI here on Monday. Mr. Rao was in the city in connection with a training programme.

Before commencing his speech, he said students who could understand him if he chose to speak in English should raise their hands. Not a single hand was raised in the auditorium. He then posed the same question to the staff. The response was disappointing. "This is where we lag behind. Students are made to learn the lessons by heart and write exams. Just imagine what kind of havoc is unleashed when these students become engineers," he said.

He said fools learnt by personal failures, while wise men learnt from the mistakes of others, leaving many among the staff red-faced.

K. Srimali, G.V.Ramana Rao, P. Sujatha Varma in Vijayawada

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