NEW DELHI: India's information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is reported to have sought an appointment with Prime Minister AB Vajpayee today after returning from a trip overseas. The agenda: in all probability conditional access system (CAS).
According to government officials, Prasad sought an appointment with the PM on 23 May and is likely to update him on CAS and the steps that his ministry has taken to ensure a smooth implementation.
If the meeting takes place, considering the PM is keeping a busy schedule these days, many issues, under cloud of doubts, may get cleared. One of them being that the Bharatiya Janata Party, to which Prasad and the PM belong, is said to have been upset with CAS implementation.
Moreover, this rumoured development, which was hotly denied by the party spokesperson yesterday at a press conference, took place when Prasad was out of the country, away to Cannes pitching, along with the industry, for India being the favoured destination for film shooting and other such things on a global platform.