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Time of India
7 hours ago
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- Time of India
Constitution Club of India: A place for lawmakers, ex-MPs to rewind, rejuvenate
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy won the keenly fought election to a key post at the Constitution Club of India , which has over the decades emerged as a meeting place for current and former members of Parliament. Barely a few hundred metres from Parliament, the Constitution Club of India (CCI) has served as a place for MPs to rejuvenate after a hard day's work at the gymnasium or with a few quick laps in the swimming pool. Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 4 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals Batch 2 By Ansh Mehra View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 3 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals By Vaibhav Sisinity View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass - Batch 2 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program Finance Value and Valuation Masterclass Batch-1 By CA Himanshu Jain View Program The history of the CCI is as old as that of independent India. It was established in 1947 as a place for members of the Constituent Assembly , tasked with drafting the Constitution, who had living quarters at the Constitution House on what was then called the Curzon Road. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Undo The original Constitution House is now home to the Civil Services Officers Institute on Kasturba Gandhi Road. In the days just after independence, the members of the Constituent Assembly stayed at the Constitution House and entertained their guests in the sprawling dining halls. Post-meal discussions and gossip spilled over to the green lawns of the complex. Live Events The present-day CCI was inaugurated in 1965 by the then president Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Lok Sabha speaker is the ex-officio president of the CCI, the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the general secretary and the Union urban affairs minister is the vice president. The three secretaries in-charge of administration, sports, and culture, and the treasurer oversee the functioning of the CCI along with an 11-member Executive Committee. The CCI has two restaurants -- Article 21 for the general public and The Preamble for members of the Club. It also has a coffee house, health centre, spa, unisex salon, billiards room, a badminton court, leisure lounges and conference facilities on its premises. Over the years, the CCI has emerged as a popular venue for political meetings, art and craft exhibitions, functions, conferences and meetings. Rajiv Pratap Rudy maintained his 25-year-old dominance in the club management, retaining his position as secretary (administration) and prevailing over the challenge from fellow BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan. The election saw participation from marquee members, including BJP's Amit Shah and Congress' Sonia Gandhi. Earlier, Congress MP Rajiv Shukla was declared elected as secretary (sports) after BJP Rajya Sabha member Pradip Kumar Varma withdrew his candidature. Similarly, DMK member Tiruchi Siva was elected as secretary (culture) after former BJP MP Pradeep Gandhi withdrew his candidature. Former BRS MP A P Jithender Reddy was declared elected as treasurer after DMK MP P Wilson withdrew his candidature. Among those elected to the 11-member Executive Committee are Naresh Agarwal, Prasun Banerjee, Pradeep Gandhi, Naveen Jindal, Deepender Singh Hooda, N K Premachandran, Pradip Kumar Varma, Jasbir Singh Gill, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Shrirang Appa Barne and Akshay Yadav.
India Gazette
14-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"I believe this process is constitutional," BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy backs EC on SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Monday backed the Election Commission of India on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, saying it is the responsibility of the poll body to remove any 'Bangladeshi or Pakistani' from the voter list. Speaking with ANI, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, 'If there is any Bangladeshi or someone from Myanmar or Pakistan or any other country in Bihar's voter list. it is the responsibility of the Election Commission. The Commission is removing such voters. I believe this process is constitutional.' He also criticised the INDIA bloc for their opposition to the SIR of electoral rolls, questioning if 'they are worried because their votes will be cut? It would be better if they answered these questions.' 'Nowadays, political parties are strongly opposing it. Should I assume that the voters of our Bihar political parties are only from Bangladesh and Myanmar, and they are worried because their votes will be cut? It would be better if they answered these questions, ' he said. Earlier in the day, Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, criticised the Election Commission of India, calling it 'Dhritrashtra' over their decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar, and accused them of 'not respecting' the Constitution or following Supreme Court advice. Speaking with ANI, Pappu Yadav said, 'The Election Commission has already become 'Dhritarashtra'. They are neither following the Supreme Court's advice nor respecting the Constitution. The Supreme Court advised them and clearly stated that under no circumstances can you decide who is Indian and who is not. Work under the Constitution and include Aadhaar card along with other documents.' Meanwhile, Supreme Court has allowed EC to continue Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls while advising them to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi stated in its order, 'We are of the prima facie opinion that in the interest of justice, the Election Commission will also include documents like Aadhaar, Ration Card, Voter ID card, etc. It is for the ECI to decide whether it wants to accept the documents or not, and if it does not, then provide reasons for its decision, which shall be sufficient to satisfy the petitioners. Meanwhile, petitioners are not pressing for an interim stay.' The Election Commission of India (ECI) said that till Saturday evening, 80.11 per cent of electors in Bihar submitted their forms, adding that the commission is moving ahead to complete the collection of Enumeration Forms (EFs) before the stipulated time of July 25. (ANI)
India Gazette
12-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Deployment of RAT indicates engine failure: Commercial Pilot Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Air India plane crash report
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Commercial Pilot and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Saturday said that the deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) and the start of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) operations in the crashed Air India flight 171 indicates towards engine failure. 'It's a preliminary report. In the first stage report, the government is coming out with the facts of what happened inside the aircraft. The facts are that the aircraft ran up to a speed that is required for takeoff, which is called the rotation speed. It lifted from the ground. It went up to the speed of 180 knots, which is a good acceleration speed. And possibly after that, technically, 2 or 3 things have happened. One is the deployment of RAT, which has happened, and the second is that the APU, auxiliary power unit, has started operations,' Rudy told ANI. He added that the fuel switches were found at the run position in the report, which is recommended to do when the aircraft starts losing control. 'This automatically happens in an aircraft when there is a twin-engine failure. So this, as indicated in the report, has happened, and both the initial stages of APU have started, and the RAT has deployed, so it indicates the engine failure has taken... When you start losing the aircraft, the pilot monitoring the situation immediately puts the fuel switch control off and instantly puts it back on. After the crash, both switches were found on,' Rudy said. The AAIB's Preliminary Report, released on Friday, said that both the engines of the aircraft were moved from 'run' to 'cutoff' in quick succession, which resulted in the fuel supply being cut off. The report says that in the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he did the cutoff, which the other pilot denied ever doing so. 'The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec. The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their take-off values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off,' the preliminary report said. 'In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why he cut off. The other pilot responded that he did not do so,' the report added. As per the Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR) accessed by the AAIB, engine 1's fuel cut switch transitioned from 'cutoff' to 'run' at about 8:08:52 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), and at 8:08:56 UTC, Engine 2's fuel switch also went from 'cutoff' to run'. According to the report, just 13 seconds later, at 8:09:05 UTC, one of the pilots transmitted the Mayday call, which the Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO) enquired about, but did not receive a reply. Shortly after, the aircraft was observed crashing outside the airport boundary, and the emergency response was activated. The Airline Pilots' Association of India on Saturday also called for a 'fair, fact-based inquiry' into the incident and rejected the 'tone and direction of the investigation', which suggested a bias towards pilot error. 'The report was leaked to the media without any responsible official signature or attribution. There is a lack of transparency in investigations as investigations continue to be shrouded in secrecy, undermining credibility and public trust. Qualified, experienced personnel, especially line pilots, are still not being included in the investigation team,' the association said in a statement. Notably, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol urged people not to draw conclusions based on the preliminary report. While speaking to mediapersons, the MoS said, 'The AAIB has brought out a preliminary report. This is not the final report. Until the final report comes out, we should not arrive at any conclusion. AAIB is an autonomous authority, and the ministry does not interfere in their work.' (ANI)
The Print
12-07-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Needs to be ascertained further why engines of AI flight 171 shut down after take off: Rudy
'The report says when the aircraft crashed, the switches were in the run position, which means the switches were on. There are some preliminary evidence that indicates that the pilots may have noticed the engine power declining. It appears that both engines had flamed out, which in common parlance means the engines had stopped,' he said. Talking to reporters here, Rudy, himself a commercial pilot, said a preliminary report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), released on Saturday, has pointed out that when the plane crashed, the fuel switches were in the 'run' position, which means they were on. New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) There is a need to further ascertain why the engines of the Air India flight 171 shut down soon after the plane took off, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Saturday, noting that the pilots might have turned the fuel switches off and on within a fraction of a second to re-start the engines after they flamed out. 'We know what happened, but we still need to find out if at all both the engines had flamed out…,' he said, adding, 'The RAT (Ram Air Turbine) had been deployed and the auxiliary power unit had automatically re-started the engines. It is ample indication that the engines had lost power.' Rudy, however, said even though he is a pilot, his comments should not be taken as an expert opinion. 'I am a seventh-term MP and my profession is politics,' he said, The AAIB report said seconds before Air India flight 171 crashed while ascending from Ahmedabad on June 12, the fuel control switches of both its engines were cut off, suggesting a catastrophic pilot error in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Airlines Pilots Association of India has raised issues with the report and alleged that the investigation is 'shrouded in secrecy', appears to be biased against the pilots and has come to a conclusion hastily. Asked if there was any possibility of human error, Rudy told PTI Videos that the pilots, who were 'well-experienced and qualified' to fly, took 'corrective actions' to re-start the engines but unfortunately, the plane still crashed because there was not enough height and speed for both engines to relight, and there were also obstructions due to buildings. The BJP leader said one of the engines restarted due to the pilots' efforts but the other continued to struggle. Asked if the cockpit audio suggests some kind of confusion and miscommunication between the two pilots, he said, 'Absolutely wrong.' 'It is a call and a confirmation which the captain has sought from the other. There was no pilot confusion. I would appreciate the action on the part of the senior commanders who initiated the re-start of the engine within a span of 30 seconds by flicking the fuel-control switches,' Rudy said. 'Why the engines shut down is a matter of analysis,' he added. According to a chronology laid out in the AAIB report, both the fuel cut-off switches moved from RUN to CUTOFF one second apart, almost immediately after takeoff. A RAT pump was deployed to supply hydraulic power as both engines fell below the minimum idle rate. About 10 seconds later, the first engine's fuel cut-off switch moved to its so-called RUN position, followed by the second engine four seconds later. The pilots managed to relight both engines, but only the first one recovered, while the second failed to build up enough power again to reverse deceleration. One of the pilots issued a 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday' distress call, but before air-traffic controllers could get a response regarding what had gone wrong, the plane crashed just outside the Ahmedabad airport boundary, having grazed some trees before plunging into a hostel packed with students. PTI PK RC This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
India Gazette
12-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"We should not arrive at any conclusion": MoS Civil Aviation on AAIB's preliminary report on AI171 crash
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday urged not to draw conclusions based on the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight AI171 crash. Speaking to mediapersons, the MoS Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, said, 'The AAIB has brought out a preliminary report. This is not the final report. Until the final report comes out, we should not arrive at any conclusion. AAIB is an autonomous authority, and the ministry does not interfere in their work.' On Friday, India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released the preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12. BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy also said that further investigation into the crash will reveal more about the incident. 'The AAIB report states that the aircraft took flight normally, meaning it was capable of getting airborne. The jet fuel switch was in its required position. Later, the pilots reported engine power decreasing. Further probing will bring out why the engines had 'flamed out.' Captain Sabharwal and his co-pilot, using their years of experience, tried to relight the engines... How and why this happened will be known through further investigation,' he said. The crash killed 260 people, including 229 passengers, 12 crew members, and 19 people on the ground. The report outlines a harrowing sequence of events that unfolded within 90 seconds of takeoff, as both engines of the aircraft shut down unexpectedly during the initial climb, leading to a catastrophic loss of thrust and rapid descent. Flight data recovered from the aircraft's Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR) revealed that the fuel cutoff switches for both engines were inadvertently moved from RUN to CUTOFF, one after the other within a 1-second interval, at an altitude just moments after liftoff. One pilot was heard asking the other, 'Why did you cut off?' to which the response was, 'I did not.' This uncommanded shutdown triggered the deployment of the Ram Air Turbine (RAT), and the aircraft began losing altitude almost immediately, unable to sustain powered flight. According to the AAIB, the pilots re-engaged the fuel switches in an attempt to relight both engines. Engine 1 showed signs of recovering thrust, but Engine 2 failed to stabilise. The aircraft, which had briefly reached a speed of 180 knots, was already descending and failed to regain altitude. The final distress call -- a 'MAYDAY' -- was transmitted at 08:09 UTC, just seconds before the aircraft crashed into residential buildings outside the airport perimeter. The aircraft struck several buildings, including the BJ Medical College hostel, causing significant structural and fire damage across five structures. The Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) did not activate, and emergency services were mobilised within five minutes of the crash. (ANI)
