I remember from a First Post Google Hangout session discussing Gujarat elections (where every Journo including Rajdeep were defining election seat thresholds for NM to qualify as a successful CM), in that event a lady journo asked in a serious tone - can you guys comprehend a situation that NM really comes to Delhi? There was fear and disbelief in her eyes and voice.Singha wrote:got a nugget from latest issue of india today.
rajeev shukla the minister for parliamentary affairs & reforms + IPL supremo + 10 janpath loyalist is actually the BIL of ravi pratap singh the BJP MP and deputy leader of the oppn in parliament. he is also good friends with jaitley who is the delhi cricket chief and shukla the UP cricket chief.
the article notes he rose to congi prominence as a investigative journalist who wrote some articles against VP singh and his camp.
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so you see all the dilli billi bjp types are not really at odds with the congress. their interests and ties always intersect one way or another. congis need a oppn to stave off anti-monopoly laws and the bjp is it.
their's is a urbane game of opposing pov in debates on TV and private friendships going back a long long way sometimes to school days. they call it vibrant democracy, I call it a oligarchy with all rules rigged.
only a outsider like namo with no skin in the game can take apart the delhi 'system' of back scratching and insiders. no wonder the delhi bjp & media starlets are more terrified of him than the congis
On a similar note, Tavleen Singh on an interview with Kanchan Gupta discussed that Modi's biggest weakness is that he is an OUTSIDER, this is sending shivers down the DilliBilli crowd.
If NM is able to move SG/RG out of 10 Janpath, that would be THE marker of power shift. I believe 10 Janpath is not a privately owned residence but a government bungalow, is that correct?