The BJP may have spent nearly Rs 400 crore in the UP elections but the amount was nowhere close to what the Congress’s budget for the elections was.

Sources reveal that Army Chief V K Singh may relinquish his post any time after March 6, and he may be asked to give in his resignation.

The moot question is: Did Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj Singh go to meet UP’s strongman Dhananjay Singh? And in any case, Gadkari had sent a five-men team to UP to meet Dhananjay in prison. The team was led by Gadkari’s special aide Arun Narendranath.

Before the Lokpal Bill was introduced in the Parliament, four draft copies of the same were distributed. Of these copies, one was given to the Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha, another to Opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha, one was given to Advani, and it is said that another had reached Kiran Bedi through the back door. The Congress managers told Lalu about the different between the two bills, what Anna’s bill was about, what were the changes brought about by the BJP and all this made Lalu excited. And whatever he said in the Parliament proved to be profitable for the Congress. This trust that the Congress has on Lalu more than it does on Mulayam may be indicative of future equations. Two Congress managers had merely briefed Mulayam orally about the two bills but Lalu was sent a copy of the same.

The CBI wants to unravel the several mysteries surrounding the Bhanvari case. The CBI wants his son should have a DNA test. If sources are to be believed, there are voices that the father of the child is no one else but Malkhan himself.

The leaders who were allowed by the SPG to come till Rahul’s helipad included Rita Bahuguna, Jitin Prasad, Pramod Tiwari, Rajiv Shukla and RPN Shukla. From the other side of the barricade, a group of angry students from Allahabad University who were angry because they hadn’t been given the permission to form a union were showing black flags to Rahul Gandhi and shouting slogans against him. Of these boys, one managed to get out of the barricade and rushed towards the helipad. Before the police could get there, Jitin, Pramod Tiwari and RPN Singh were upon him and beating him. But Rahul wasn’t too happy with this. Later, Mulayam and Akhilesh clarified that he was not an SP worker. Which means SP wants to continue extending its hand to the Congress.

The dollar is becoming more expensive while the rupee is slumping. The way the defence ministry has been quick to make purchases has raised questions. The main question is why was the ministry in such a hurry to seal every defence deal? Who were the people who were so interested in it and who are the people who will benefit from this? The country deserves to know this much, at least.

Sharad Pawar is getting ready to form the fourth front and Jagan Reddy is one of his new mates. In the past few days, Pawar has had three-four meetings with Jagan. He is already in touch with Navin Patnaik, Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee. Sources reveal that Pawar is actually eyeing the 2014 elections where if the BJP is unsuccessful, Pawar will jump in with his fourth front, where the Congress may be forced to support his front because he already has close ties with the BJP and Shiv Sena.

अगले राष्ट्रपति पद की दौड़ में कांग्रेस की ओर से चार नाम चल रहे हैं-मीरा कुमार, मनमोहन सिंह, प्रणब मुखर्जी व हामिद अंसारी।

The Kiran Bedi scandal came to light through her phone tapping. Now the government is trying to sift through the Mizoram issue. Which means the days to come may be full of trouble for Kiran Bedi. Another crucial member of Team Anna Kumar Vishvas, who is a professor of Hindi at a college in Sahibabad, which is adjoining Delhi will soon be given a notice for a long leave of absence. Arvind Kejriwal has got another notice from the income tax department on the Rs nine lakh issue. Meaning the government is trying everything to seek revenge from Team Anna.