Incidentally, the distribution of saplings by an MLA not only merited a double-column spread, but also a decent photograph ironically, just alongside the news item reporting the tragic deaths.

An MLA, sarpanchas of two village panchayats and over angry 200 people prevented the movement of the ferry.

In one incident, a rural correspondent sent me a report stating that a building constructed by a firm and owned by an MLA, was being built barely metres from a high tension pole.

Though a police complaint was filed against the firm and not the MLA, the correspondent was keen to establish the link since since the MLA was largely responsible for the negligence.

Though a police complaint was filed against the firm and not the MLA, the correspondent was keen to establish the link since since the MLA was largely responsible for the negligence.

However, the editor pulled up the correspondent for attempting to introduce the MLA into the story, when the police complaint did not specify the direct involvement of the MLA.

However, the editor pulled up the correspondent for attempting to introduce the MLA into the story, when the police complaint did not specify the direct involvement of the MLA.

There are 40 MLAs, three MPs including one in the Rajya Sabha and scores of municipal/panchayat level 'leaders' for a population of less than 1.4 million which includes the Gulfies and shippies).