Nothing seems to be going right with the Congress these days. Let alone friends, even political allies are turning their pushes into shoves. Scuttlebutt is that during a recent meeting at 10 Janpath on finding a consensual opposition candidate for the position of the next President of the country, Naresh Agarwal told her to quickly settle the matter of her son-in-law Robert Vadra. Agarwal said quite bluntly: “Unless you do that, it will not only cost the Congress but will also become a prickly bone in the throat of the allied parties.” Sonia, to say the least was taken aback at the abrupt change of discourse. Gathering her wits back in a few moments, sources say, she mumbled: “We are not involved in that, but I shall see!”
Insiders reveal that after Agarwal departed, Sonia told a confidante with a sigh: “Ah! These are the people who would once grovel to meet me… now look at them!”