There is something there that no matter what, the Sangh just doesn’t seem to lose its faith in Gadkari. Instead of asking Gadkari be given a second term, they are asking for the President’s working period to be increased to five years. Obviously the party constitution will have to be amended for the same. It is worth remembering that Gadkari’s tenure ends in December 2012.

A clear difference is ideology could be seen between Manmohan Singh and Sonia regarding the Ramdev issue. For one, Sonia was not okay with the ministers being sent to the airport for the Baba’s welcome. On the other hand, the PMO didn’t even deem is fit to consult with her before sending central ministers for the same. Sonia was not in favour of any strict action against baba, while Chidambaram, Sibal and Pranab were successful in convincing the PM that without police action it would not be possible to make baba break his fast. Sibal and Chidambaram argued like lawyers, who are hardly known for their making-up ways.

It seems the Congress has gotten over the black-shades clad Baba and Baba Ramdev’s complicated moves. That is why Sonia took a flight to Italy without a doubt. So now consider the Cabinet expansion postponed for 10-12 days. It will all happen only when madam is back in the country. For now the Congress is trying to deal with the Babe episode as best as it can. The ED and the CBDT are doing their work and apart from the purchase of Astha-Jaagran channels, the sale and purchase of an island in Scotland is also being keenly looked at. Baba had bought this island from an NRI Poddar family. It is the controlling office for all the programmes that are conducted overseas. It is also being said that the atmosphere of the place is such that if homosexual couples come to this island and live here, their homosexual habits change.

News is baking in the scorching Delhi sun, every moment is a breaking news time. We hear that the 10, Janpath and 7, Racecourse Road are getting new excuses for their undeclared war every day. So if in such a scenario, Sonia Gandhi decides to take a flight to Dubai without showing any emotions, what would you call it? From there she will take a direct flight to Italy and it is possible that Priyanka and Rahul also meet their mother and nani there in a couple of days. This is nothing new since Sonia has an unsaid arrangement with her mother where she will come to India for Christmas holidays and Sonia will make a trip to Italy for summers with the family.

They think human silence is but a book and have read it only as a obituary, but it is an impotent desire hidden under a snake’s skin, and the moment the crown merges, the poison will spread here, there and everywhere. This gentleman fixes big deals for a prominent person in the BJP, belongs to Mumbai, shows his craft in Delhi and is attached to the entire nation. He is the dispeller of worries and there is none better than him when it comes to problem solving. One day he sent straight to Jagan Mohan Reddy and convinced him that he can relieve him (Jagan) of all the cases against him, especially the ones involving income tax. Jagan said, “Go and get some proof of my cases.” In reply, our man got the entire file. Jagan handed over the files to his lawyers, and they told him that the entire file is a fake, so much so that the letterheads of departments are fake, too. So now, Jagan who was once all soft on the BJP now bristles every time the party is mentioned.

Wash, bathe and clothe your desires in new clothes, leave behind the illusion of staying awake while sleeping… What has to happen will happen, whether you like it or not. Gujarat’s former home minister Amit Shah’s bail may be rejected and a new chapter of Tulsi Prajapati case will open soon. The case took a different turn when currently in prison and former SP of Dahod Vipul Agarwal (he is also the son-in-law of the Parasrampuria industrial family) has given an application to turn approver in the case. It is believed that he has also mentioned Amit Shah in the case. The case is already with the Supreme Court and it has handed it over to the CBI. The matter is related to the fake encounter of Tulsi Prajapati.

The chances of Amar Singh’s entry into the Congress are still not sure. Sources reveal that he has been trying to meet Rahul for three-four months, but he hasn’t been assigned a time. So when he found out that Rahul was sitting in a dharna at Bhatta-Parsaul in support of the farmers, he made a headway to Greater Noida. But he could only meet Digvijay Singh, Parvej Hashmi, Raj Babbar and Rita Bahuguna there, and Amar sat with them for a couple of hours, but he wasn’t given the time to chat with Rahul. Like a Congress leader says, “He (Amar) is nothing but a paper napkin for us, but he wanted to become a handkerchief since he connected his beating heart with his eyes.”

In keeping with the local tradition, the Congress is considered to be party of emmigrant in Assam while the BJP-AGP is said to be those having local people. But the way the AIDUF made an entry in these elections (the BJP allegedly spent a big sum of money on it), it was considered a matter of danger by local Hindu and Assamese Muslims and at the last moment, they went with the Congress. ULFA’s Arvind Rajkhova camp also openly supported the Congress, because they felt that the Congress had kept its promise of releasing their leader Rajkhova. Another disadvantage for the BJP was the abundance of prabharis. The party made Varun Gandhi do a lot of campaigning but he didn’t have much say when it came to tickets. Those who did have a say couldn’t see eye-to-eye where the voter was concerned.

As Pakistani Punjabi poet Kavi Ustad Daman puts it, “Lali akhan de eho paI dus di hai/ roye tusi vi ho, roye assi vi haan”. Meaning the red eyes reveal that you have cried and so have I”. The same story was for the BJP and AGP when the election results in Assam were announced. While the AGP got 10 seats, BJP got 5. Where as BJP president was busy announcing that this time, the government will be of a BJP-AGP alliance. Both Prafful Mahant and Chandra Mohan Patowari were so keen on getting the chief minister’s post that more than visiting the electorate, they were making the rounds of the BJPs central leaders and both wanted to be nominated for the CM’s post. One of the BJP central leaders made a strange pact with the AGP and the trump card of a friendly fight was the last straw. Where BJP’s claim was a strong one, the AGP brought in weaker candidates and the BJP did a similar thing. The Congress gained from this.

Like Jagan Mohan, Rajanikant too is angry with the BJP leaders. When S Gurumurthy recently went to meet Rajani to enquire about his health, this south Indian superstar suddenly burst forth with anger against a prominent BJP leader and said, “Why are they (BJP) using my name unnecessarily? If I wanted to, I would have taken up the offer of the country’s biggest party. I don’t even like to take phone calls from BJP-walas.” Gurumurthy went back to where he came from. (Rajnikant)