My contacts in China inform me that Indian political parties have placed large orders for rubber swords, with immediate deliveries. There's no mystery in this - leaders of various political parties who've performed abysmally in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections will fall on their swords, and then hope to bounce back.
Some leaders have taken 'responsibility' for the disastrous performance of their parties and resigned/threatened/promised to resign, and two have actually done so. Imagine their plight if they discover that the swords they are prepared to fall on actually do have sharp edges, and can eviscerate them and end their political careers.
Tarun Gogoi, the CM of Assam, has promised to resign within a week, beginning May 16th. The poor fellow needs good secretarial help - obviously his current staff are not capable of preparing a proper resignation letter for the boss to sign. There is every reason to believe that he is waiting for his rubber sword to fall on. If anybody would like to volunteer for the task of writing a good resignation letter, please get in touch with me - I have an inside line to Shri Gogoi.
Stalin resigned, but then bounced back. He must have got his rubber sword express delivered - he must have ordered wooden swords from amazon.com, though there is a rubber knife available here.
Nitish Kumar, the Bihar CM, has resigned, but is waiting for someone to take out his rubber sword from his dhoti. God forbid if his followers take him at his word, and replace the weapon with one with edges.
The Maharashtra CM is waiting for his bosses in Delhi to send him a sword to fall on. He is a worried man - he has inside info that the bosses have ordered a proper katana, and not a rubber one. I am told that he's ordered a steel body armour which he'll wear when he's told to fall on his sword.
Since Sonia Gandhi and her son have both taken responsibility for the debacle of the Congress Party, there is a strong expectation that they'll also fall on swords. I understand that various flunkies of the 'firstest' family of India are trying out various swords on which mother and son can fall, and then resurrect themselves on demand from said flunkies in the party. I have it from reliable sources that the reason why Rahul Gandhi had gone AWOL from the farewell bash for the exiting PM was not because he wanted to insult Dr MMS, but he wanted to personally try out various swords from a wide variety of soft materials. In an unpublished interview with a very senior correspondent, who shall remain nameless, Rahul said that he wanted to ensure that his mom and he had the softest landing possible - he didn't trust any of his party members, and did not want a Swordgate after the new Government came into power.
And no, the very senior correspondent is NOT the one who screams about the Nation Wanting to Know.
Some leaders have taken 'responsibility' for the disastrous performance of their parties and resigned/threatened/promised to resign, and two have actually done so. Imagine their plight if they discover that the swords they are prepared to fall on actually do have sharp edges, and can eviscerate them and end their political careers.
Tarun Gogoi, the CM of Assam, has promised to resign within a week, beginning May 16th. The poor fellow needs good secretarial help - obviously his current staff are not capable of preparing a proper resignation letter for the boss to sign. There is every reason to believe that he is waiting for his rubber sword to fall on. If anybody would like to volunteer for the task of writing a good resignation letter, please get in touch with me - I have an inside line to Shri Gogoi.
Stalin resigned, but then bounced back. He must have got his rubber sword express delivered - he must have ordered wooden swords from amazon.com, though there is a rubber knife available here.
Nitish Kumar, the Bihar CM, has resigned, but is waiting for someone to take out his rubber sword from his dhoti. God forbid if his followers take him at his word, and replace the weapon with one with edges.
The Maharashtra CM is waiting for his bosses in Delhi to send him a sword to fall on. He is a worried man - he has inside info that the bosses have ordered a proper katana, and not a rubber one. I am told that he's ordered a steel body armour which he'll wear when he's told to fall on his sword.
Since Sonia Gandhi and her son have both taken responsibility for the debacle of the Congress Party, there is a strong expectation that they'll also fall on swords. I understand that various flunkies of the 'firstest' family of India are trying out various swords on which mother and son can fall, and then resurrect themselves on demand from said flunkies in the party. I have it from reliable sources that the reason why Rahul Gandhi had gone AWOL from the farewell bash for the exiting PM was not because he wanted to insult Dr MMS, but he wanted to personally try out various swords from a wide variety of soft materials. In an unpublished interview with a very senior correspondent, who shall remain nameless, Rahul said that he wanted to ensure that his mom and he had the softest landing possible - he didn't trust any of his party members, and did not want a Swordgate after the new Government came into power.
And no, the very senior correspondent is NOT the one who screams about the Nation Wanting to Know.
