Now look at the irony, Gujaratis have the maximum investment in the Kochi team. So they applied pressure on the existing franchisee that this team be taken to Ahmedabad. At this Tharoor went running to Pranab Mukherjee. Pranab explained to Tharoor in just one line that had he been in his place, he would have immediately resigned. At this Tharoor got angry and without taking an appointment went straight to Sonia Gandhi. Because Rahul’s name was involved somewhere in this matter, so Sonia wanted the matter to be resolved quickly. Sonia gave only five minutes to Tharoor and it was decided that Tharoor would read out a written statement in Parliament. But on Friday, neither did the BJP allow the House to run nor Tharoor to read his statement.

All the fracas is over the Kochi franchisee. Sharad Pawar is trying his best that this team be snatched from the present franchisee and handed over to Videocon, while Narendra Modi is trying for Gautam
Adani. None of those people who were present during the Kochi bid know Sunanda Pushkar. But when they came to know of the present of Tharoor’s OSD Jacob there, they found the Tharoor connection in a
hurry. It is learnt that when Tharoor found the role of his people a little weak in this matter, he went straight to Rahul Gandhi and he told Rahul that Narendra Modi wants to get this bid for Adani so that
this team may go to Ahmedabad. Afflicted by Modi mania, Rahul then called up a top boss of IPL and asked him to help Tharoor. Rahul’s efforts bore fruit and this deal went to Rendezvous. But the big catch
in this is that there is no cricket ground in Kochi so Tharoor met Arun Jaitley in New Delhi and told him that his franchisee will make a cricket stadium in Kochi in three years. So he should help him take
this to Abu Dhabi. Jaitley said this is Indian Premier League, so it cannot be taken out of the country. Even otherwise there is a lot of betting that takes place in Abu Dhabi. So the matter got stuck here.

What name will you give the game, which is other than cricket, that the big players of politics start playing after gathering in a cricket arena? The game which Sharad Pawar is playing, and so are Lalit Modi, Shashi Tharoor and Rajiv Shukla. Indeed this is a game ahead of cricket, or else why would Sharad Pawar stay in constant touch with Sharad Pawar, Lalu Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Farooq Abdullah and Pawar’s supporters say with confidence – `We will see how the Government will get the Budget passed?’ By making the cut motion a weapon, Pawar is threatening to bring down the Government, but he too is scared from inside. Pawar says – `Today in the name of Modi attempts are being made to corner BCCI.’ Dark clouds are also hovering over the Maharashtra Government of the Congress-NCP alliance. The Congress is also not prepared to budget therefore the hail of oral fours and sixes is expected to continue.

After the present IPL season several big stars could change their teams. For example Yuvraj Singh, who is annoyed at being removed as captain of the Kings XI Punjab could join Sahara’s Pune team. It is also possible that he may be made the captain. Earlier, Yuvi was trying for Mumbai but despite his friendly overtures, Sachin did not give him much importance. So Yuvi turned to Pune. Similarly, Sourav Ganguly could bid adieu to Shah Rukh’s KKR and hold the hands of Sahara Shri and he could become a party of Sahara’s Pune team.

Advani is very annoyed with his own party and his anger is so intense that recently he did not attend the foundation day function of BJP and he also refused to address a meeting of the party office bearers. Advani is also angry with Gadkari, who changes by the hour, because he had invited Uma Bharti and Govindachary back into the party fold after discussing the matter with him, but now Gadkari, who is known to change colours like a chameleon, is distancing himself from the matter. So much so that even Shivraj Chauhan came to Delhi and threw his tantrums at Advani and proclaimed aloud that if Uma is to be brought back to the party then accept my resignation. Advani is definitely surprised at the changed tone and tenor of the party people.

Ever since Shah Rukh Khan has bought the Kolkata Knight Riders team, he has become very dear to the Bengalis. Therefore even though his KKR team may lose every important contest of IPL, but Shah Rukh has won the heart of the people of Bengal through his unique style. … it is just like you first put grains for the bird, and then take aim … so in the forthcoming elections to West Bengal, Shah Rukh could be the star campaigner for the Congress. Bihar, U.P. and Bengal are also firmly placed high on the agenda of Congress prince Rahul. So the responsibility of making Shah Rukh come around and to prepare him in favour of the Congress has been entrusted to Rajiv Shukla. Everyone knows that Shukla can go to any extent to make a sacrifice for his friend Khan. It is evident that Shah Rukh also knows how to repay the debt of friendship. So the matter would be settled.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is in favour of adopting a hard stance against the Naxalites. Every now and then P.C. has also indicated this. He has turned down the cease fire proposal of the
Naxalites. Because he knows that the Naxalites only want the cease fire up to the rainy season. Once the rains would start, searching, capturing and killing the Naxalites would become a difficult task for
the security forces. So the Home Minister is busy preparing how before June a big operation can be launched to completely decimate the Naxalites.

Just like that the Rajya Sabha term of Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma came to an end and the Prime Minister sent his file to the Law Minister to tell if he had the right to remain a
Minister without being the member of either House? It is not that Anand Sharma did not try hard to get a Rajya Sabha berth. He went and paid obeisance at the door of 10 Janpath on numerous occasions but neither could be manage anything from Himachal Pradesh nor Haryana. So, in the end, he turned towards Andhra Pradesh but because of his arrogant attitude he could not win any hearts there as well. If Anand Sharma does not remain a Minister in the Centre, then what will he do?
He could perhaps become the Congress president in Himachal Pradesh and then declare himself to be the next chief ministerial candidate. But along with the Prime Minister, the American lobby want him to continue to occupy the post of Minister at the Centre.

`Tamso Maa Jyotirgmaya’ (From darkness, lead me to light, Mother). The newly elected president of BJP Nitin Gadkari is putting in a lot of effort to lead the party from darkness to light. In the remorseless skies of the saffron world, he has sketched a number of criss-crossing images, which neither have a pattern to them, nor colour. So a list is prepared of the daily works from out of the day’s agenda and the kitchen cabinet, meaning Ananth Kumar, Piyush Goel, Kirit Somaiyya, work on it till 5 in the morning. None of them has time to sleep or to waste. Actually, this kitchen cabinet of Gadkari gets together at midnight to take important decisions relating two the party and the most important decisions are taken between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.. So if the party president would go to sleep at 5 in the morning, then would he get up? Usually it is normally by noon, and you can see the impact on the faces of those visitors who he calls up early in the morning.But still, it is a case of better late than never.

The AICC session has not been held for a long time. So after a lot of effort, the Congress coterie is raising the bogey of a mini session. Congress Sewa Dal is about to convene a conference at Constitution Club in New Delhi in which apart from empress Sonia Gandhi and prince Rahul Gandhi, the entire Manmohan Cabinet would be present. When the entire troupe is present sir, then why not give it the name of a mini session? Think big!