Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Virender Kapoor | August 11, 2005 http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/12capbuz.htm The capital's monkey menace shows no sign of abating. A few years ago, Jaswant Singh, foreign minister in the Vajpayee government, had taken the lead in hiring a langur at a princely sum of Rs 5,000 per month to ward off the simian terrors. Upon his shift to the finance ministry, the langur too shifted operations to the North Block. Since then, more ministries and departments have requisitioned the langur's service. But it was a surprise last week when one saw a rather well-fed langur keeping watch over proceedings inside the Parliament House complex. Apparently, apes of the four-legged variety have often raided its august precincts, threatening both staff and the honourable members. The brief given to the langur and its keeper is to sterilise the complex before the start of the day's proceedings so that no monkey business is witnessed during working hours. Meanwhile, noticing the langur-wallah's presence, a leading MP couldn't help remarking to a scribe, 'Now, you can't say we haven't done anything for the aam aadmi'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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