Krishna teerath, Congress MP, Delhi
One cannot miss her trademark large bindi, and invariably, almost as soon as he boards the DTC vehicle, the conductor of the Delhi Transport Corporation would stand up and refuse the money for the ticket. She’d pay nonetheless, for Krishna Teerath never enjoys any free rides anywhere. And she is not one of the lowly politicos or first-timers who have to prove
a point or two here and there.
As chairperson of the Central government’s women’s empowerment committee, Krishna Teerath has the rank of a minister of state, which entitles her to all the paraphermelia and strappings of power, like a red-beeacon car. Besides, she was once a minister in the Government of Delhi and even ruled over the house as Deputy Speaker. As such, she has been allotted an official residence as well as a vehicle. But she prefers the bus, travelling to Kalka Mandir from at Karol Bagh, a distance of a minimum of 30 km.
And recently, people saw her taking the metro to get her daughter’s horoscope made from an astrologer at Chandni Chowk. Says she: “I used to commute by bus when I was an MLA. Even now I prefer the bus while on personal work, And somehow they recognise me and ask, “Why, Madam, you travel by a bus?” Does she realise, though that it is her carriage and the trademark bindi that gives away who is really in the bus rubbing shoulders with the man from the street? Teerath is one grassroots level leader who has her own mass following. She scored three straight victories to become MLA and in the last Lok Sabha elections, she became an MP from the reserved constituency of Karol Bagh on a Congress ticket.....Continue
One cannot miss her trademark large bindi, and invariably, almost as soon as he boards the DTC vehicle, the conductor of the Delhi Transport Corporation would stand up and refuse the money for the ticket. She’d pay nonetheless, for Krishna Teerath never enjoys any free rides anywhere. And she is not one of the lowly politicos or first-timers who have to prove
a point or two here and there.As chairperson of the Central government’s women’s empowerment committee, Krishna Teerath has the rank of a minister of state, which entitles her to all the paraphermelia and strappings of power, like a red-beeacon car. Besides, she was once a minister in the Government of Delhi and even ruled over the house as Deputy Speaker. As such, she has been allotted an official residence as well as a vehicle. But she prefers the bus, travelling to Kalka Mandir from at Karol Bagh, a distance of a minimum of 30 km.
And recently, people saw her taking the metro to get her daughter’s horoscope made from an astrologer at Chandni Chowk. Says she: “I used to commute by bus when I was an MLA. Even now I prefer the bus while on personal work, And somehow they recognise me and ask, “Why, Madam, you travel by a bus?” Does she realise, though that it is her carriage and the trademark bindi that gives away who is really in the bus rubbing shoulders with the man from the street? Teerath is one grassroots level leader who has her own mass following. She scored three straight victories to become MLA and in the last Lok Sabha elections, she became an MP from the reserved constituency of Karol Bagh on a Congress ticket.....Continue
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