The Union minister said that he would complain to Union defence minister A.K. Antony against traffic blockades put up for Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force.
Mr Ramesh also sought that the convoy of the Prime Minister and the President too should be halved to lessen the pain of the common commuters.
"I got stuck as the convoy of the Army Chief was passing by. This was not the first instance, as I had been held up even earlier by the convoy of the Naval Chief and Air Force Chief," said Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh.
The Union minister was also livid at the police per-sonnel of the Army, Navy and Air Force holding up traffic, asking why should not this job be done by the Delhi police persons.
"Once I was walking out of 24, Akbar Road office of the Congress but was stopped by the police personnel of the Air Force. But when I protested that I was only walking that they allowed me to go, otherwise they held up the whole traffic. Why should it be so when traffic is not stopped when the defence minister moves," said Mr Ramesh.
The Union minister said that he would write to the defence minister to com-plaint against the high-handedness of the police personnel of the three wings of the defence. Taking up the cause of the general public and daily commuters, who regularly have to face long duration of the traffic blockades and traffic jam during the move-ments of the VVIPs, Mr Ramesh said that even the convoys of the Prime Minister and President should be halved.
"Half the numbers of cars and personnel could also provide the same level of security as done by the cur-rent strength. Such block-ades are frustrating and even those walking on foot are stopped, which is strange." quipped Mr Ramesh.
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