L.K.Advani could be spoil-sport for Modi

Everyone thought Narendra Modi does have a field day and he could romp home to victory as the next Prime Minister. But tarry a bit, there is 87-year-old party veteran L.K.Advani who wants to become the PM in case the BJP does not get a sweeping number of MPs.

In fact there are talks of a 160 club which wants the party's strength in the Lok Sabha limited to that figure. In that case secularists would not weer round to supporting Narendra Modi, instead they would want Advani to lead the country.

But Modi has been thinking hard about it and maybe trying to settle Advani at Gandhinagar from where he had become MP for the last 16 years.
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But Advani fears that Modi's grassroots level workers may not do his calling. Defeat may face him. That is why he is angling for the Bhopal seat which Narendra Modi is not keen to give to Advani.

If Advani fumes, there may be trouble for BJP.

Settlers were really concerned, there can be no environment to the exclusion of man

The Election Commission of India has allowed the Union Forests and Environment Ministry to issue the draft notification on revised proposals on Kasturirangan report, to the immense relief of lakhs of settler farmers.

Environment is most important but not after driving out the human beings settled in the areas concerned.

One institution cannot one fine morning notify huge areas as beyond bounds for human beings.

What is needed is restriction on any more inimical exploitation of fragile areas.

Sartiha S Nair wants a pound of flesh....

Solar scam accused Saritha S Nair, after having been in hidinig for a few days after coming out of jail on bail, has started giving out names piecemeal.

Yesterday she blamed CPM MLA Aysha Poti for helping out Biju Radhakrishshnan in the Reshmi murder case.

Today she said Congress MLA A.P.Abdullakutty had troubled her and invited her to the Mascot Hotel.

She has warned that she would give out names one by one in the coming days. She wants those who tortured her to have sleepless nights.

Apparently, she wants to fleece a pound of flesh from those who were involved with her.

Apparently, those involved would approach her with sacks of money.

She has indicated such people can start operations now.