Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi has his way, Congress Core Group asks Govt to withdraw ordinance
The Congress Core Group has advised on Wednesday that the Cabinet should
reconsider the ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs. According to
sources, the Congress Core Group also said that allies should be taken
on board before the decision.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi met PM Manmohan Singh over the ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs. The 25-minute long meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh was the first meeting the Congress vice president had with the prime minister after his outburst against the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi met PM Manmohan Singh over the ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs. The 25-minute long meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh was the first meeting the Congress vice president had with the prime minister after his outburst against the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.
Insult in public, say sorry in private
On Friday, September 27, at what was meant to be a routine 'meet the press' event with Ajay Maken as the communication incharge of the party fielding questions on the ordinance at the Press Club of India in New Delhi, the Congress scion made a dramatic entry into the ongoing press meet.
In his brief 3-and-a-half-minute interjection, Gandhi said the government's ordinance, which negates a Supreme Court's order that ruled convicted lawmakers can't continue in office, is "complete nonsense" and it should be "torn up and thrown out".
Maken was more fixed than flummoxed. Here is a video link for you to see . In fact, until a few minutes before Gandhi made the statement, Maken, had been defending the UPA government's decision to move the ordinance.
A wily politician, Maken was quick to eat crow and say, "Rahul Gandhi's was the official position and Congress opposes the ordinance," with a finesse known only to be possessed by matadors, politicians and circus jokers.
After a five-day drama which saw Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's precariousness slip from the dregs to denouement to desperation, the young leader went quietly to the PM's residence on Wednesday morning and is understood to have regretted the tearing hurry in going public with this opinion. While emerging out of the PM's residence which had a sea of mediapersons waiting outside, Gandhi had the opportunity to do it in public but chose not to. The tragedy of being Manmohan: From Doctor Dutiful to Doctor Nonsense
While the old man 'has learnt to take things in his stride', of course in face of a complete absence of an option, the trend of 'public insult, private apology' is not confined to the Congress fold only. And the PM takes this too in his stride
On Friday, September 13, when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was anointed BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, ending months of suspense over his elevation amid stiff opposition by party patriarch LK Advani, the veteran leader went into his famous sulk and shot off a letter to the party president Rajnath Singh.
Exactly when that letter reached Singh's doorstep is not clear, but it certainly reached everywhere else, more importantly every media outlet, much before that. "This afternoon when you had come to my residence to inform me about the Parliamentary Board meeting, I had said something about my anguish as also my disappointment over your style of functioning," Advani wrote, reaffirming the charge that Modi was untouchable, politically at least. He refused to come to the event and refused to share the stage with his protégé-turned-bete noir.
After a long-drawn drama which saw OB vans as well as top BJP leaders stationed outside Advani's residence 24x7, an agreement was reached. Later, the former Deputy Prime Minister also shared stage with Modi. But what that agreement was, how was that reached was not made public. The letter from the sulking leader was.
You can think of tens of such examples in public life, where a lot is said then a lot is left unsaid. All that, however, is understood. Public hai, sab jaanti hai.
US shutdown enters second day, Obama slams Republicans
With both Democrats and Republicans sticking to their stands on a new
budget pushing the shutdown into the second day on Wednesday, President
Barack Obama has blamed a "reckless" opposition for the latest financial
crisis that has forced up to one million workers off the job.
The two parties failed to strike a deal before the October 1 deadline on spending and budget due to differences over 'Obamacare', the signature healthcare programme of President Obama.
Obama lambasted the Republicans for being "reckless" in their apparent willingness to take down the government in order to take down the law overhauling major aspects of health care coverage. He championed the law, signed it in 2010, then saw it upheld by the Supreme Court last year.
"We know that the longer this shutdown continues, the worse the effects will be. More families will be hurt. More businesses will be harmed. So once again," he said yesterday on the first day of the shutdown, the first time in nearly 18 years.
Obama urged the Congress to pass the budget and end the shutdown. "Pay your bills, prevent an economic shutdown. Don't wait, don't delay, don't put our economy or our people through this any longer," he said.
"I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay bills it's already racked up. I'm not going to allow anybody to drag the good name of the United States of America through the mud just to refight a settled election or extract ideological demands. Nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hardworking families over a law you don't like."
About 800,000 federal workers in the US were told to stay at home while national parks, museums, government buildings and services shutdown as a result of the deadlock.
Meanwhile, the White House said the Congress ought to open the government, return people to work, and "without drama and delay fulfill its responsibility" to make sure the United States pays its bills.
But the Republican Party leaders were not willing to make any changes in their approach, as a result of which the Congress has not been able to pass the budget.
Accusing the Republicans of indulging in blackmailing tactics on the affordable healthcare laws, which came into effect on Tuesday, the White House threatened to veto any piecemeal bill funding only parts of the federal government.
The two parties failed to strike a deal before the October 1 deadline on spending and budget due to differences over 'Obamacare', the signature healthcare programme of President Obama.
Obama lambasted the Republicans for being "reckless" in their apparent willingness to take down the government in order to take down the law overhauling major aspects of health care coverage. He championed the law, signed it in 2010, then saw it upheld by the Supreme Court last year.
"We know that the longer this shutdown continues, the worse the effects will be. More families will be hurt. More businesses will be harmed. So once again," he said yesterday on the first day of the shutdown, the first time in nearly 18 years.
Obama urged the Congress to pass the budget and end the shutdown. "Pay your bills, prevent an economic shutdown. Don't wait, don't delay, don't put our economy or our people through this any longer," he said.
"I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay bills it's already racked up. I'm not going to allow anybody to drag the good name of the United States of America through the mud just to refight a settled election or extract ideological demands. Nobody gets to hurt our economy and millions of hardworking families over a law you don't like."
About 800,000 federal workers in the US were told to stay at home while national parks, museums, government buildings and services shutdown as a result of the deadlock.
Meanwhile, the White House said the Congress ought to open the government, return people to work, and "without drama and delay fulfill its responsibility" to make sure the United States pays its bills.
But the Republican Party leaders were not willing to make any changes in their approach, as a result of which the Congress has not been able to pass the budget.
Accusing the Republicans of indulging in blackmailing tactics on the affordable healthcare laws, which came into effect on Tuesday, the White House threatened to veto any piecemeal bill funding only parts of the federal government.
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