Ministers on Media

Something that has been catching my attention recently is the airtime that some ministers get on news channels. No, I am not talking about Mr. Dhayanidhi Maran's daily appearance in Sun TV. Some ministers keep doing/ saying something or the other that the channels cannot afford to miss. Take Mr. Anbumani Ramadoss for example. He has bee in the news regularly be it for creating controversies with AIIMS or asking celebrities not to endorse for colas or banning smoking on the big screen. Though I can't agree with most of his moves I have to accept that he is being active. At least I can change my idea that ministers would spend all their time either sleeping or executing some scam.
Scam reminds me of another minister who is a favourite of the media. Mr. Lalu Yadav's name used to be in the news for the fodder scam, but is now there as a brand of fodder. NDTV says

"Farmers insist that cattle chewing on Lalu fodder give milk that's much sweeter than before"

Seems Lalu and fodder are inseparable words. What has been separable is the minister's bad reputation at work. Lalu now ranks high in the surveys conducted on ministers. Financial express says

"Lalu Yadav’s performance in Railways has been rated high. Improving finances while protecting consumers through productivity increases in wagon loading and turnaround time reveals the scope for replication"

Well talking about ministers’ appearances on TV, it has been some time since Mr. Arjun Singh made an appearance. Wonder what he is up to!