05-17-2008, 03:27 AM
<!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo--> Starsâ behind Rahulâs Bundelkhand trip: BJP
Suman K JhaPosted online: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 1503 hrs Print Email
NEW DELHI, MAY 15: The BJP has trashed Rahul Gandhiâs recent visit to Bundelkhand as inspired by âastrological calculationsâ. âNot many are aware that Rahul Baba had spent three days visiting Bundelkhand not to gauge the extent of poverty in the area, but to meet his astrologer,â writes the opening page editorial in the latest issue of BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh.
While the Congress general secretary regarded his Bundelkhand visit as his most important political intervention till date, where he also spent a night in a Dalit household, the BJP mouthpiece, clearly, thinks otherwise. It says: âHe is indulging in all his antics on astrological advice. The astrologer, according to reports, remained with Rahul for three daysâ. On his intermingling with Dalit families, the BJP organ writes: âRahul Baba is visiting the poor manâs huts without doing anything tangible to remove their poverty and sufferings (sic)â. In its previous issue, too, the BJP mouthpiece had said that âit is not sure whether he is touring Bundelkhand to meet people or visit his astrologerâ.
Asked about the basis of these assertions, magazine editor Prabhat Jha, recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, said it was based on âlocal media reportsâ. âI will raise the issue in the House in the coming session,â said Jha, who is also a BJP national secretary, attached to party president Rajnath Singhâs office.
Former party president M Venkaiah Naidu, who heads the Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Trust that brings out the fortnightly, said he had not seen the editorial. âIâve been busy with the Karnataka elections. If Rahul is going all round to learn more about the country, I have nothing to add to that. Iâve to find out more about this Kamal Sandesh editorial,â he added. When contacted, Rahulâs office refused to react to the editorial.
Suman K JhaPosted online: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 1503 hrs Print Email
NEW DELHI, MAY 15: The BJP has trashed Rahul Gandhiâs recent visit to Bundelkhand as inspired by âastrological calculationsâ. âNot many are aware that Rahul Baba had spent three days visiting Bundelkhand not to gauge the extent of poverty in the area, but to meet his astrologer,â writes the opening page editorial in the latest issue of BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh.
While the Congress general secretary regarded his Bundelkhand visit as his most important political intervention till date, where he also spent a night in a Dalit household, the BJP mouthpiece, clearly, thinks otherwise. It says: âHe is indulging in all his antics on astrological advice. The astrologer, according to reports, remained with Rahul for three daysâ. On his intermingling with Dalit families, the BJP organ writes: âRahul Baba is visiting the poor manâs huts without doing anything tangible to remove their poverty and sufferings (sic)â. In its previous issue, too, the BJP mouthpiece had said that âit is not sure whether he is touring Bundelkhand to meet people or visit his astrologerâ.
Asked about the basis of these assertions, magazine editor Prabhat Jha, recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, said it was based on âlocal media reportsâ. âI will raise the issue in the House in the coming session,â said Jha, who is also a BJP national secretary, attached to party president Rajnath Singhâs office.
Former party president M Venkaiah Naidu, who heads the Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Trust that brings out the fortnightly, said he had not seen the editorial. âIâve been busy with the Karnataka elections. If Rahul is going all round to learn more about the country, I have nothing to add to that. Iâve to find out more about this Kamal Sandesh editorial,â he added. When contacted, Rahulâs office refused to react to the editorial.