By IANS,
New Delhi: Call it the YSR effect, but ever since the untimely death of the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, politicians are thinking twice before charging off in choppers for emergency visits.
For instance, low profile Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi developed cold feet at the prospect of taking a helicopter in rainy weather to Shillong for a two-day conference with editors of rural areas of the northeast. The event scheduled for next week has now been cancelled with Joshi saying he could not attend.
Neither of his two deputies will be available. Agatha Sangma is expected to visit England while the other minister of state, Pradeep Jain, has also washed his hands off the outing.
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