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Re-enter, the dynasty
The sphinx has at long last broken her silence. Sonia Gandhi's decision to campaign for the Congress marks a turning point in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. This is because her role itself will become a major election issue. After all, she cannot be dismissed as just another Congress party campaigner. It is a telling comment on the utter bankruptcy of the century-old party that its chief, Sitaram Kesri, should feel beholden to Sonia for her decision. What impelled her to take the plunge could be the ongoing mass exodus from the Congress and the resultant fear of the party disintegrating. Since it will now be identified with her, she will naturally have a definitive say in the distribution of party tickets. Thus, for all practical purposes, her entry marks the end of Kesri's leadership.
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A ticket to the polls
"Who knows, this old fox may even have installed secret cameras in the interview room."
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Anatomy of a conspiracy
The urea scam was a well-planned conspiracy allegedly hatched by former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's nephew Sanjeeva Rao, former Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav's son Prakash Chandra Yadav and Hyderabad-based businessman Sambasiva Rao to defraud the National Fertilizer Limited (NFL) of $38 million.
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Let's welcome the rupee's decline
There is much unnecessary hue and cry over the decline of the rupee. Might the rupee not be the target of currency speculators whom Malayasian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir does not tire of blaming these days? The presumption is that a weak rupee somehow benefits foreigners, speculators or otherwise. Yes, it does but not all of them gain. Foreign investors, in particular, stand to lose. Thus the decline of the rupee may well turn out to be a boon for India by keeping foreign investors at bay and by forcing us to turn our attention on the better utilisation of our own capital.
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