Tuesday

May 7,; 2013

Buzz   Political Grapevines

for publication on Wednesday

May 8, 2013

Thanks

R Rajagopalan

New Delhi

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President Pranab Mukherjee saved the UPA2 from a major constitutional crisis

In his brief direction to the Government - said that the confusion created by

the advancement of the financial bill - should have been averted. 

Buzz is that President Pranab Mukherjee had to intervene through Speaker Meira Kumar

and  explaned to her the consittuional crisis - Should this not be the task of
Union Law Minister Ashwini Kumar? Why did President Pranab Mukherjee

ask Speaker Meira Kumar to come to Rashtrapathi Bhavan ?

Should not the Department of Legislative Affairs in Law Ministry

on alert?  Or does it mean that Finance Minister P Chidambaram who is

also a legal luminary-to have anticipated such Constitutional Crisis.

Insiders confirm in Union Ministry of Finance that the ADB meeting

in New Delhi created such a confusion and effectively sorted out by

President Pranab Mukherjee

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Sharad Pawar in Central Hall on Tuesday was seen introducing his grand children and also

his son in law Sadanand Sule to Prime Minister and also to many of 

the MPs  Dr Manmohan Singh gave a pat on the grand children enquired their 

school and education.  

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Central Hall on Tuesday was overflowing with the presence of huge numbers of MPs

Congress, BJP and Left parties have issued three lines whip-not on Food Security Bill

or Land Reforms Bills-but for MPs voting for the election for Finance committees

like PAC-and COPU 

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Ashwini Kumar Law Minister was seen escorting Sonia Gandhi from Central Hall

to main gate where Sonia Gandhi was to get into her car. SPG guards did not

allow Ashwini Kumar to get nearer to Sonia Gandhi as they also walked fast

surrounding her. Still Ashwini Kumar managed to speak something, but that

was being closely monitored and overheard by Rajiv Sukhla who also competed

with Ashwini Kumar to walk fast.  But none could beat up the brisk walk

of Sonia Gandhi

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BJP MP Yashodhara Scindia created a flutter in Central Hall on Tuesday. She misplaced

Blackberry mobile phone. Began to search the mobile phone below the desks. She 

asked the watch and ward to help her. Walkie Talkie messages were flashed, huge

number of Parliament security rushed to Central Hall. To heckle her more Dr Subramanian

Swamy asked Yashodhara whether she was searching UPA Minsters Bansal and 

Ashwini Kumar?  Finally the high drama ended when a security man found the 

phone and returned to Yashodhara. 

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AK Antony spent maximum time in Central Hall on Tuesday a rare scene.

He was seen talking to Kerala Congress MPs . And came Vylar Ravi

both spent talking about the fate of their Ministerial colleagues

Bansal and Ashwini. 

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Buzz in Corridors of power is that UPA is wanting to take a political revenge by

exposing scams about BJP Chief Ministers. Alert BJP MPs are now 

busy finding out which agency would UPA2 ask to raid, will it be CBI

or ED or CBDT Income Tax?

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Sonia Gandhi walked fast to tap the shoulders of Sushma Swaraj in Central Hall

on Tuesday. Best opportunity for phtograph. But in Central Hall clicking camera

is not permitted. But some enthusiatic MPs videoed on their mobile phones

SPG requested the MPs not to telecast or circulate it, as it is a matter of 

security concern.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad Deputy Leader ADMK Leader Dr V Maitreyan and 

and Trinamool Congress leader

on Tuesday gave an affectionate shock to the Chairman Rajya Sabha

by threatening that they would stall the proceedings if the Government

brought Food Bill or Land Reforms Bill.  Dr Maitreyan even threatened

that they will cross the floor to the treasury benches. and "maar peet"  Such was

ki sambhavana hai" -the anger the Opposition had on the Government.

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Presence of Lakshmi Parvathy wife of NTR

was a great surprise in Parliament on Tuesday when N T Rama Rao statue was unveiled

by Speaker of Lok Sabha. Chandrababu Naidu and Lakshmi Parvathy did not see

each other. Members of the family of NTR were in full strength.

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Buzz in the Central Hall was all about the 300 pages letter by a Supreme Court

Advocate documented about a senior Union Minister addressed to

P J KUrien Chairman of JPC. Attachments were all about the 2G scam.

And how the Union Minsiter helped a private TV channel to amass

wealth. Much more interesting aspect is that these were in public domain

and the petititoner was drubbed as a mentally disabled legal luminary

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