03-24-2006, 05:30 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Did law minister give bad advice? </b>
New Delhi, March 23: Who advised the Congress government to adjourn Parliament sine die and plan to move an ordinance redefining offices of profit? Congress fingers are now pointing at Union law minister H.R. Bharadwaj, who is now informally recognised by the party as 10 Janpathâs Man Friday spearheading major âoperationsâ involving intricacies of law.
There was a marked difference otherwise between the responses of the Congress Party and its ministers on Wednesday when the news broke that Parliament was going to be adjourned sine die. Congress Party managers were forthcoming in their views from early morning, informing reporters that an ordinance was also in the pipeline and would be issued on Friday after it had been approved by the Union Cabinet.
Senior ministers, however, were more guarded in their response, and it was only after the adjournment of Parliament that they began to speak about the proposed ordinance later in the evening. Significantly, there was not a word on this issue throughout the day from the Prime Ministerâs Office or the Prime Minister himself.
<b>Mr Bharadwaj was present at the meetings to finalise strategy. These were also attended by defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister Shivraj Patil, science and technology minister Kapil Sibal, parliamentary affairs minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi and minister of state Suresh Pachauri. Congress leaders involved in the deliberations included Mr Ahmed Patel.
Sources said that the entire plan could not have been implemented and executed without the full knowledge of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. âNothing happens in the party or the government without Mrs Sonia Gandhi being informed,â the sources pointed out.</b>
Party managers spent Thursday trying to convince reporters that Mrs Sonia Gandhi had no idea about the ordinance, and did not approve of it.
The sources said that this was impossible, pointing out that even the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code following the verdict in the Jessica Lall case had been approved by the Cabinet only after a letter was written by the party president to Mr Shivraj Patil.
<b>âTo say that she did not know is unbelievable even for us in the Congress,â the sources said. The impression among party members not frequently seen at 10 Janpath is that the entire issue was mishandled by immature advisers. âIt was totally unnecessary to adjourn Parliament, and having done so it was totally unnecessary for her to resign in panic,â</b> the sources pointed out.
<b>Mr Bharadwaj, who is personally credited with the operation leading to the defreezing of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchiâs London bank accounts, is perceived as being very close to Mrs Sonia Gandhi. He makes no secret of his loyalty and has been renominated for a fifth time to the Rajya Sabha.</b>
His success, sources said, lies in his ability to stay close to the powers within the Congress at any particular given point in time. The sources added that Mr Bharadwaj âis very good at judging which way the wind is blowing, and turns easily to stand in the right direction.â<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Here Bharadwaj is showing his loyalty towards individual not to country and they call it "credit", and gloating how he helped Sonia's Italian friend.
Role of Mamohan is as usual spineless or dog with tail between legs.
Congress managers as usual tried to twist every law, facts and as usual thought that they will get away with this.
New Delhi, March 23: Who advised the Congress government to adjourn Parliament sine die and plan to move an ordinance redefining offices of profit? Congress fingers are now pointing at Union law minister H.R. Bharadwaj, who is now informally recognised by the party as 10 Janpathâs Man Friday spearheading major âoperationsâ involving intricacies of law.
There was a marked difference otherwise between the responses of the Congress Party and its ministers on Wednesday when the news broke that Parliament was going to be adjourned sine die. Congress Party managers were forthcoming in their views from early morning, informing reporters that an ordinance was also in the pipeline and would be issued on Friday after it had been approved by the Union Cabinet.
Senior ministers, however, were more guarded in their response, and it was only after the adjournment of Parliament that they began to speak about the proposed ordinance later in the evening. Significantly, there was not a word on this issue throughout the day from the Prime Ministerâs Office or the Prime Minister himself.
<b>Mr Bharadwaj was present at the meetings to finalise strategy. These were also attended by defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister Shivraj Patil, science and technology minister Kapil Sibal, parliamentary affairs minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi and minister of state Suresh Pachauri. Congress leaders involved in the deliberations included Mr Ahmed Patel.
Sources said that the entire plan could not have been implemented and executed without the full knowledge of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. âNothing happens in the party or the government without Mrs Sonia Gandhi being informed,â the sources pointed out.</b>
Party managers spent Thursday trying to convince reporters that Mrs Sonia Gandhi had no idea about the ordinance, and did not approve of it.
The sources said that this was impossible, pointing out that even the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code following the verdict in the Jessica Lall case had been approved by the Cabinet only after a letter was written by the party president to Mr Shivraj Patil.
<b>âTo say that she did not know is unbelievable even for us in the Congress,â the sources said. The impression among party members not frequently seen at 10 Janpath is that the entire issue was mishandled by immature advisers. âIt was totally unnecessary to adjourn Parliament, and having done so it was totally unnecessary for her to resign in panic,â</b> the sources pointed out.
<b>Mr Bharadwaj, who is personally credited with the operation leading to the defreezing of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchiâs London bank accounts, is perceived as being very close to Mrs Sonia Gandhi. He makes no secret of his loyalty and has been renominated for a fifth time to the Rajya Sabha.</b>
His success, sources said, lies in his ability to stay close to the powers within the Congress at any particular given point in time. The sources added that Mr Bharadwaj âis very good at judging which way the wind is blowing, and turns easily to stand in the right direction.â<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Here Bharadwaj is showing his loyalty towards individual not to country and they call it "credit", and gloating how he helped Sonia's Italian friend.
Role of Mamohan is as usual spineless or dog with tail between legs.
Congress managers as usual tried to twist every law, facts and as usual thought that they will get away with this.