Meira Kumar took trips abroad every 37 days

May 22, 2012 13:48

Will Mamata Banerjee rethink her nod for Meira Kumar's candidature for Presdient after she reads this?

The Lok Sabha Speaker has undertaken as many 29 foreign trips in 35 months since assuming the high office which means she has gone on a trip nearly every 37 days.The former IFS officer has visited 28 countries accompanied by MPs belonging to various parties as well as senior officials of the Lok Sabha secretariat incurring a total expenditure of nearly Rs 10 crore, according to information given to activist Subhash Agrawal under RTI Act.

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