I refer to Mr Vaidyanathan's letter in AV, Vol 44,Issue 28. He writes about Mr Modi's address to the House of Parliament as being the first person to address the House of Parliament.
I take this opportunity to correct his statement by saying that Mr Modi did not address the House of Parliament, as the House was in recess at the time. He addressed the invited MPs in one of the halls in the Palace of Westminster. It was not even a joint session. Moreover, Mr Modi is not the first person to address the House of Parliament. There have been many PMs and Heads of State who have addressed there before Mr Modi. I stand to be corrected on these facts.
May I also take this opportunity to congratulate and offer my gratitude to Shree CB on his great work regarding his achievement to re-start London Amadavad Air India flights. He has done and fulfilled his task that he had undertaken on behalf of the wider Indian Diaspora. We all know about the problems of Air India as to its punctuality, cleanliness of the aircrafts, behavior of its staff and operational attitude. The onus will be on Air India to improve on these factors and prove to the travelling public. The government of India will also have to open this route to other airlines so that there is healthy competition between them.
Mukesh Patel
Croydon
