tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874903.post4430111480560425745..comments2023-11-09T13:55:47.570+05:30Comments on luthfispace: A Prime Minister who paid when sons used official carAzeez Luthfullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16744752403178036477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874903.post-89390378578206392032011-03-15T12:10:06.467+05:302011-03-15T12:10:06.467+05:30In Jamaat-e-Islami Hind we could still see such no...In Jamaat-e-Islami Hind we could still see such noble souls. The cadre of Jamaat is very cautious in spending the money of Baitulmal. Moulana Muhammad Yousuf Sahib Marhoom used to have two pens in his table. One for official work and another one for personal work.Azeez Luthfullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744752403178036477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874903.post-55477876862297839102011-03-12T07:53:57.726+05:302011-03-12T07:53:57.726+05:30Yeah. It is simply amazing to see such alertness a...Yeah. It is simply amazing to see such alertness and caution in using the public money. Umar Farooq(RA) the second Kaliph of Islam used to caution about the money of Baitulmal and compared it with the money of orphan which needs to be safeguarded with utmost care. Ali bin AbuTalib(RA) another Kaliph of Islam used to have two set of lamps viz one for official purpose and another for own use. <br /><br />This sense of public money was scarce in the tribe of politicians in other societies. Even it could be convincingly asserted that Shastri was different. He had a contemporary by name TTKrishnamachari who was involved in Jeep scam. <br /><br />Another interesting note. At the fag end of NDA rule the then PM Vajpayee ordered 6 Black BMWs specially designed and made with specific requirements for his use as the PM of the great nation. At that the nation was engulfed with 450 crore extravaganca called India Shining campaign. There was this talk of NDA returning to power once again. Amidst this euphoria Vajpayee had placed his orders. Probably the old man was confident of winning the hustles and returning to power. Why 6 cars? Most probably he might have planned to use one for every working day of the week.<br /><br />Then as you know NDA failed miserably and Vajpayee totally disappeared from the political scene. <br /><br />Manmohan Singh became the PM. Then the officials of the PMO faced the most interesting dilemma. The 6 BMWs ordered by Vajpayee had arrived and after much cajoling Manmohan Singh reluctantly accepted to use one of them and keep another one as spare. what to do with the remaining FOUR? It was the dilemma faced by the officials. <br /><br />They decided to offer those cars to Sonia Gandhi. At that time the talk of Aam Aadmi was at its peak and Sonia outrightly rejected the offer and emphatically declared that she is content with the age old white Ambassador. She would prefer WHITE Ambassador over BLACK BMW.<br /><br />What happened since then? Nobody knows. . .V K Abdul Maliknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874903.post-64367559121422334922011-03-11T21:56:38.363+05:302011-03-11T21:56:38.363+05:30Simply amazing.Simply amazing.Gerald Majellanoreply@blogger.com