| Published on 05-02-2008 In National |
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| Corridor Whispers - Feb 05 Part - 1 |
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Wind not flowing in Rahul’s favour
Rahul Gandhi was in Karanjgaon hills near Pune to take his paragliding sortie but returned disappointed, as the wind did not favour the young Gandhi. A cheeky Congressman equated it with his assembly campaign in Uttar Pradesh where a (political) wind did not favour him. "Wind does not seem to be favouring our leader," he quipped.
What was more striking was that Rahul's visit to Uksan village failed to enthuse local residents. The residents had their own story to tell as agile Special Protection Group (SPG) guards had severely curtailed their movement due to VVIP presence. Uksan is incidentally the birthplace of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin.
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BJP Women to the fore
The recent BJP national executive saw a rather belligerent Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia. When the party high command proposed 33 per cent reservation for women in all party fora, Vasu wondered aloud if it would mean the BJP having at least three woman chief ministers in the nine party-ruled states. She made sure that Jaswant Singh was within the hearing distance. Everyone laughed but Jaswant held back his smile.
Vasu's Madhya Pradesh counterpart was not comfortable. The BJP leadership was made to hear a lot of complaints about Shivraj Singh Chauhan. The state delegates from Madhya Pradesh complained about his wife's growing interference in state administration and poor governance. As section of party MLAs lamented that the Chief Minister and some ministers were staying at Delhi's five-star hotel while they were braving cold at Chanakyapuri's modest MP Bhawan.
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Cartoonists’ delight
The return of K. Karunakaran has pleased cartoonists in Kerala. The veteran leader, who wanted to be a cartoonist himself, is the favourite caricature in Malayalam press for his frequent somersaults and antics.
In recent months, Karunakaran was reduced to a spent force in Kerala politics when he and his son had joined the Nationalist Congress Party. When Karunakaran returned to the Congress recently, he was called to inaugurate a cartoon exhibition.
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Hillary taking help from Yadav!!!!
These days Janata Dal (U) leaders, Sharad Yadav and Digvijay Singh are unable to wipe the smile off their faces. The duo has reasons to feel flattered. You do not need to ask them the reason, as they are eager to tell all without a provocation or a query. They are wanted in America. Yes, Hillary Clinton is said to be in touch with Yadav and JD (U) leader from Banka to avail their services in US presidential polls. Lady Clinton thinks Yadav-Singh can influence NRIs in the United States. When the news reached the aging George Fernandes, the ailing leader first frowned at the thought of it and then burst into laughter. The Janata parivar patriarch wondered how they could fetch votes in USA when they do not do that in India. Yadav was later heard commenting that these days he has stopped reacting to George Fernandes remarks.
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Moily Getting smart
Congress media department chairman Veerappa Moily has learned the ropes of Delhi politics rather quickly. AICC secretary Major Ved Prakash has got a taste of it. Moily was interacting with AICC beat correspondents on life and times of S. Bangarappa and S.M. Krishna, when Ved Prakash joined in. When Moily finished his "off the record" conversation, he turned to the army's retired major to remind him that it was "strictly off-the-record."
Now why should Moily be asking a party colleague to keep mum instead of media is a matter of intrigue. Some say it has to do with Ved Prakash's reputation as "Mr. snoopy" at 24, Akbar Road.
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