Oscar Fernandes Labour Pains

After a meeting with senior Cabinet colleagues, after which issued the mandatory Fernandes-Ive been misunderstood-declaration, the issue has died of natural death. It is a measure of the popularity of Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernande among his colleagues and his closeness to the main opposition party Sonia Gandhi that his statement linking the excessive use of the employment contract with the lynching of LK Choudhary (CEO of a Italian auto-parts manufacturer in Greater Noida) didn t get done up beyond a point.