Mirch Masala

First India Sunday Special

BY TRIDIB RAMAN

The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal

DID THE TOP BJP LEADERSHIP REALLY ‘MANAGE’ MADAM? IT SURELY DOESN’T APPEAR SO

The political circles are speculating whether the checkmate game between Vasundhara Raje Scindia and the BJP Delhi top brass has come to an end? It was being alleged that a ‘pact’, of sorts, has been reached between Vasundhara Raje Scindia and the Satish Poonia camp on the lines of ‘Na Tum Haare, Na Hum Jeete’ and that the Rajasthan BJP has also heaved a sigh of relief after a long gap. This was being said since, Madam, who was absent from the BJP’s flag-poster till now, has now started registering her presence in BJP’s official programs as well. Sources reveal that BJP’s seat-by-seat survey work was going on in Rajasthan for some time, and the results of this survey informed the party top that ‘without taking Vasund hara along, it will not be easy to overcome the Gehlot factor in Rajasthan’.

Less than ten months are left for the assembly elections in Rajasthan. Till now, separate programs of Vasundhara and the state