07-19-2008, 02:50 AM
Interesting. instead of developing a resposne to the Ind Embassy bombing in Kabul NSA is palyig footsie. If any one recalls the balst occured while he was pressuring Bhim SIngh of J&K MLA to vote for Azad.
From Pioneer
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J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi
With every vote becoming crucial to decide the fate of the UPA Government during the July 22 trust motion, it has roped in even National Security Adviser MK Narayanan to help boost the numbers.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Narayanan contacted and requested Maran to keep aside family differences and support the UPA Government during the vote, sources said. Maran is said to have assured them that he would support the Government.
Amid reports of a possible abstention by Maran during the trust vote, DMK supremo Karunanidhi had issued a strict warning on Thursday. Adding fuel to the rumours, Maran was keeping silence and staying away from the media. Sources close to him confirmed that Sonia contacted Maran twice, on Monday and Thursday.
Narayanan talked to him on and advised him to follow the DMK whip. Maran is learned to have told them about the "harassment" he faces from the DMK leadership and assured the UPA of his support.
"Maran is our MP and like all other MPs he will vote according to the whip issued by our supremo Karunanidhi," said TKS Elangovan, the DMK spokesperson. "I can't comment on the rumours appearing in the media," he added.
Though there was speculation that Kerala Congress (Joseph) MP Francis George, who is part of the Left Front in the State, had gone underground, The Pioneer managed to speak to him late on Friday. "I will abide by what my chairman tells me to do," he said. Though his party chairman PJ Joseph claimed that the MP would vote along with the Left parties, there were also reports that he may back the UPA. Kerala Chief Minister Achuthanandan claimed that their front was intact. "I don't think so... Nobody will go against the Left's decision," he told newspersons in New Delhi.
"The Left Front in Kerala is intact and our 18 MPs from the State will vote against the Government," said S Ramachandran Pillai, a CPM Politburo member.
But the State's intelligence sleuths are believed to have informed Politburo member and Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan that a Delhi-based Malayali liaison officer of a major business group had brokered a deal with Francis George. According to the intelligence report, the Congress has offered a ticket to Francis <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From Pioneer
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NSA gets into act, 'advises' Maran
J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi
With every vote becoming crucial to decide the fate of the UPA Government during the July 22 trust motion, it has roped in even National Security Adviser MK Narayanan to help boost the numbers.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Narayanan contacted and requested Maran to keep aside family differences and support the UPA Government during the vote, sources said. Maran is said to have assured them that he would support the Government.
Amid reports of a possible abstention by Maran during the trust vote, DMK supremo Karunanidhi had issued a strict warning on Thursday. Adding fuel to the rumours, Maran was keeping silence and staying away from the media. Sources close to him confirmed that Sonia contacted Maran twice, on Monday and Thursday.
Narayanan talked to him on and advised him to follow the DMK whip. Maran is learned to have told them about the "harassment" he faces from the DMK leadership and assured the UPA of his support.
"Maran is our MP and like all other MPs he will vote according to the whip issued by our supremo Karunanidhi," said TKS Elangovan, the DMK spokesperson. "I can't comment on the rumours appearing in the media," he added.
Though there was speculation that Kerala Congress (Joseph) MP Francis George, who is part of the Left Front in the State, had gone underground, The Pioneer managed to speak to him late on Friday. "I will abide by what my chairman tells me to do," he said. Though his party chairman PJ Joseph claimed that the MP would vote along with the Left parties, there were also reports that he may back the UPA. Kerala Chief Minister Achuthanandan claimed that their front was intact. "I don't think so... Nobody will go against the Left's decision," he told newspersons in New Delhi.
"The Left Front in Kerala is intact and our 18 MPs from the State will vote against the Government," said S Ramachandran Pillai, a CPM Politburo member.
But the State's intelligence sleuths are believed to have informed Politburo member and Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan that a Delhi-based Malayali liaison officer of a major business group had brokered a deal with Francis George. According to the intelligence report, the Congress has offered a ticket to Francis <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->