Amar Singh is at it once again. He has enough experience of throwing tantrums. Amar gets upset, sulks, makes up and then all is well.
Amar Singh is a tough player and is an old hand in politics today. One can either like Amar Singh or dislike him intensely but you just cannot ignore him. His hold on Bollywood, information on people useful or useless does come handy from time to time. He has been a master in business propositions for the Samajwadi party. As we all know politics is more or less run by business houses in this country now. So Amar is indispensable in more ways than one. He is a good bargainer for his master and he gets enough media attention for everything he does.
The younger generation of the Yadav’s do not understand the usefulness of an Amar Singh on their side. Mulayam Singh Yadav is desperate to patch up with Amar, as Amar’s loud voice and his singing can be very disturbing. Not that Amar has many choices; any other political party will have to think many times over about the qualities of taking on an Amar Singh. He is after all unique.
Many are questioning Amitabh Bachchan’s presence in Gujarat with Narender Modi. Was it a signal from Amar here? The timing was just a day before his resignation. The Congress is keeping a safe distance and the Samajwadi party members are now a bit tired of Amar’s mood swings. But he is certainly indispensable for Mulayam. And that should all become clear now in a matter of weeks.
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The silence in the BJP is deafening. Ever since the new President Gadkari took over, everyone is waiting to see what he does next. His friends are standing by his side to protect him while his foes are waiting to criticize.
The BJP delegates around 5000 of them will stay in tents during the party national council/executive meet in Indore. Gadkari has announced that Deendayal Upadhyay and his philosophy of reaching out to the last man in the queue is the roadmap for every party leader. BJP meets in the past the delegates have stayed in tents including the inaugural BJP national executive meet in Mumbai in 1980; another national executive in Mumbai in 1995 (when Advani announced Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s name as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate) and yet another meet in Mumbai in 2005.
The “India Shining” campaign was perceived to have a distinct pro-rich bias, and Advani once stated that it should have, instead, been called “India Rising”. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has often said in his election speeches that the Opposition’s “India Shining” slogan reflected a pro-rich bias in contrast to the Congress’s Agenda for “Aam Aadmi”. “Staying in tents, as opposed to star hotels, is meant to send out a subtle message too.
This new arrangement has many cribbing too. The large number of tents for the party meet and removing them later, will cost a huge amount of sum. Some leaders are also said to be concerned over the presence of mosquitoes, while most are worried about toilets and hygiene in these tents. Well, these tents are comfortable but not luxurious. They will have good toilets.
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The CBI is equipped to weather many a storm, from Bofors to Ruchika. Even though convictions in cases investigated by it is dismal. The Aarushi murder case less said the better. It is said, that its now a front, being the handmaiden of the party in power. Important files go missing. Amazing!
The latest disappearance is of files linked to ex-RAW Chief A.K.Verma, who allegedly diverted funds meant for LTTE operations. Missing files are the official alibi now a days, the most recent instance being the Headley visa papers. Another recent admission is the case of documents pertaining to the Rs 515.5 crore disinvestment of Balco.
Well, good luck if this is how records go missing from such an office. Even though the common man still wants to desperately trust the CBI.
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