Red Beacon Cars, Status Upgrade Demand Indian MPs
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 02 December 2011, 01:21 IST
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Under Rule 97 (2) of Delhi Motor Vehicles Rule, 1993, revolving-cum-flasher red light can be used only by motor vehicles on emergency duties such as ambulances, fire tenders and PC Police patrol vehicles, pilot vehicles and transport department vehicles can use a blue revolving-cum-flasher light. Amber-coloured revolving or flasher light can be installed on vehicles plying at national or international airports in the capital.
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The rules also make it mandatory to obtain a written permission of the chief secretary of Delhi for using a red light without flasher. And there's that crucial but mostly forgotten rider - when such vehicles are not carrying the person who qualifies for this use, the beacon has to be covered by a black casing. But as traffic cops helplessly point out, the violators range from MPs and MLAs to deputy secretaries, administrative officers, relatives and even criminals. The status of the MPs is also in question now. The report states that the ranking of the MPs has to be reviewed from 21 to 17. At 17, the MPs are now been listed behind envoys, chairpersons of state legislatures, administrators of Union Territories, chief executive councilors of Delhi and deputy ministers. However, the changes of the ranking can be done only with the consultation of the members of the Chief Justice of India.
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The committee also said that former speakers be placed at serial number 7 in the warrant of precedence, alongside Cabinet ministers, chief ministers, former PMs and leaders of opposition in the two Houses of Parliament. As of now, former speakers are not on the order of precedence. The other topic pondering is the disagreement in the status of MPs which has long existed since the time of our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. There was a "great deal of feeling among MPs" even after independence, but Nehru did not see a case for their being higher than "between 14 and 15". The change of the rank from 17 to 21 with respect to the warrant of precedence would make the MPs on par or above Cabinet Ministers of State Governments, who are currently placed at number 18 in the Warrant of Precedence.

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