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"[" WHAT IS THE EXPECTED PERCENTAGE OF OUR EDITORS(LEADING NEWS PAPERS OF INDIA),MLA,S, MP,S, CHIEFMINISTERS WHO KNOW THE LATEST POSITION OF COMMISSIONING OF THE THIRD STAGE OF INDIA"S NUCLEAR REACTORS?''] THIS QUESTION WAS POSTED BY ME 40 DAYS BEFORE TODAY ON REDIFF.NOW TODAY(ON 08-10-2007)Mr. O.PSABHERWAL,IN HIS ARTICLE{NUCLEAR IGNORANCE-MPs MUST UP DATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE}-(IN TRIBUNE) HAS HIGHLIGHTED AS THAT[ THE PROBLEM IS THAT, BY AND LARGE THE POLITICAL CLASS STILL VIEWS NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH COLOURED GLASSES HANDED DOWN FROM THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES].I FEEL MY QUESTION HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY MR.O.P SABHERWAL.WHAT DO YOU THINK ?' ALSO REPLY WHETHER THE REASON IS COULERED GLASSES OR LACK OF ENGINEERING KNOWELEDGE AMONG THE MAJORITY OF OUR POLITICAL CLASS MEMBERS? IN CASE THE LACK IS ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE.THEN WHAT ARE THE RESONS THAT POLITICAL PEOPLE ALWAYS LACK IN ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE, WHO ARE TO BOOST THE RESEARCH AND PLANNING ?