Mid May election results gave the incumbent Congress led UPA a comfortable majority. Post parliamentary election results the Indian Share markets soar by more than 50 percent. But this economic rise hasn’t benefitted every section of the society. No we are not talking again about rural farmers or urban poor. The latest concern is aboutdecreasing demand for smaller party MP’s who used to earn a lot and”bite more than they can chew” because of minority central governments formed for the past two decades.

So these small party / Third front leaders decided to demonstrate outside the Parliament demanding bail-out for them. Some of them like JD(S) Deve Gowda from Karnataka and SP Amar Singh from UP were most vocal.

Deve Gowda, a senior southern politician, said, “Before election results came, Congress leaders like S.M. Krishna were in constant touch with me. They even promised mining industry ministry to us; so that we can jointly take on mighty Reddy brother’s of Bellary BJP.” Upon hearing the word “Mining”, Gowda’s son Kumaraswamy started weeping “Mine is mine, Mine is mine”. Pointing to Kumarawamy, Gowda asked reporters, “Now tell me, who will console him”.

The story in northern gangetic plains is not much different. Amar Singh, the spokesperson for Hindi heartland also complained his party was humiliated. He said, “When the last UPA government was in trouble getting support for Indo-US deal remember how much trust / cash we(Samajwadi Party) earned from ruling Congress party. We were able to extort so much cash, we can even buy handful of BJP MP’s. You remember the great scene in our parliament when some stupid BJP MP’s poured money on parliament floor. I think those golden moments of Indian democracy are gone for ever. He also added, “Now, Myself and Mulayam don’t know how much returns this investment will give us” - pointing to the 20 plus Samajwadi MP’s sitting like sheep’s at a corner.

BSP parliamentary leader, Akil Mishra also agreed with Amar Singh. Possibly this is the only issue rivals SP and BSP agrees. Akil added, “We too earned trust / cash of congress high command during election of Prathiba Pateel as president. Now see we are standing like beggars in front of parliament”. The mood of other leaders from gangetic plains like Lalu and Paswan were quite similar - humbled / humiliated, but they maintained low profile.

Again all attention turned to Gowda father / Son duo as Kumaraswamy started crying out at top of his voice, shouting “Papa, Mine is mine,Mine is mine; you told me so”. When some junior Congress MP’s from Karnataka walked down to console crying Kumaraswamy, Deve Gowda shouted at them, “You Congress people talk all about inclusive growth and priding yourselves as ‘Aam Admi Ka Sarkar(Government of common people)’. But see what your party has done to my family”.

We, reporters have witnessed so many heart-breaking scenes - Gujarat earth quake, Tsunami victims, Bihar Floods etc., but by far this is the most disturbing of all. We pray to God and appeal to PM and Finance minister to provide some relief for this MP’s in distress.

June 2nd is a memorable day in the life of Sonia Gandhi. This is the day she finally got certified by Mr. Sangma as an Indian.

Flash back – Year 1998; Congress got a golden chance to form government at the centre following the fall of Vajpayee led 13 month old government (fall - courtesy Jayalalitha and Subramaniam Swamy’s Tea party). There was a buzz about Sonia becoming prime minister. Most of the Congress and country men accepted it. But not all.

Marathi strong man Pawar opposed this move citing Sonia’s foreign origins. People can understand Pawar’s stand as he always had an eye on PM chair. So people were not surprised by his move. What really surprised people were Sangma - the non-controversial, arguably the political face of North-East India joining hands with Pawar. The resulting Nationalist Congress Party became such a formidable force, that in 10 years it grown to win 9 seats in Parliament.

This fact was bothering Sonia for long. Then Pawar surrendered in Year 2004 and got cabinet seat in last UPA government. But Sangma was reluctant and maintaining distance from Sonia for almost a decade.

But finally, Sangma yielded and called on the Congress leader. Congress sweep and his daughters political future seems to be the factors driven him to Sonia’s door. The meeting was cordial and Sonia was overjoyed by his unexpected gift.

A certificate stating in Hindi, English and all North-Eastern languages that Sonia is 100 % Indian. An emotional Sonia immediately ordered her son Rahul to frame that in Congress head quarters in Delhi.

If this certificate works well we can expect Sangma’s daughter landing in some plum post in Delhi. Everyone knows India is more Dynastocracy than Democracy.

Bangalore: Due to unequivocal condemnation from all over India and imminent ban threat - “Sri Ram Sena” famous for the atrocious attack on women at a pub in Mangalore decided to change its name to Sri Ravan Sena.

Though Hindu fundamentalist organizations like “Bajrang Dal” and “Vishwa Hindu Parishad” at times attack minority Muslims and Christians, they were generally tolerant towards women.  So Indian women believed, apart from Valentines Day (Sanghh Parivar’s Moral Policing Day) any day of the year they are free in modern India. Their belief was torn apart last Sunday at Mangalore, Karnataka.

This day “Sri Ram Sena” a fledgling member of “Sangh Parivar” decided to take on women visiting pubs. “Sri Ram Sena” members entered pubs by force, chased and attacked women. Seeing the reports in media, common people wondered whether Mangalore is a modern Indian city or a tribal town in Afghanistan. Nation overwhelmingly condemned this outrageous act.

Realizing the opposition from all quarters and predicting an imminent ban by the government, “Sri Ram Sena” today decided to rename itself as “Sri Ravan Sena”. Insider sources claimed, “Sri Ram Sena” leader Pramod Mutalik  had said, “We have already learned from our Pakistani brothers. When some one bans your organization just change its name and operate. We also taught lot other things. Soon we are going to ban fashion shows, women going to work and burn all girls’ schools in Karnataka. This way we will preserve Indian culture.”

Karnataka people are worried by this latest development. KumaraSwamy Gowda(48) from Alsur, Bangalore said, “Think about this! an organization that can commit so many atrocities even in the name of ‘Ram’ can go to what extent when it decides to go by the name of ‘Ravan’. Even the mere thought makes me tremble”.

Hyderabad: Speaking to reporters here, Congress spokes person Veerappa Moily said, “former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin is selected for IPL 2009″. (Readers should understand this IPL means Indian Parliament league. This should not be confused with more famous IPL - Indian Premier League a Twenty20 cricket tournament.)

Last October, former Indian captain Azhar met Congress high command at New Delhi.  Then, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi discussed with former Indian captain Azhar about him contesting for parliament elections on Congress ticket. But involved parties declined to speak to media on this.

But things were confirmed today when Azhar visited Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee head quarters in Hyderabad to meet Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and Veerappa Moily. After brief discussion former captain left with out speaking to reporters. Veerappa Moily later met press. He confirmed media speculation that Azhar is going to contest parliament election on congress ticket.

When reporters asked about match fixing allegations against Azhar, Veerappa Moily furiously responded, “Where were you reporters when Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had much serious murder charge against him was fielded by BJP? “.

How ever known sources say, Congress had roped in Azhar to counter the loss suffered due to Samajwadi Party poaching Sanjay Dutt. Also Congress firmly believes a man who can fix international cricket match can also easily fix a national election in party’s favor.

Reports from Lucknow suggest Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav roasted Amar Singh. Mulayam shouted, “How can you miss such a high profile candidate like Azhar. One Sanjay Dutt is not enough for us. We have 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. We need to find controversial candidates for all these seats.” Amar Singh apologized to his chief and promised to bring in another match fixer “Ajay Jadeja” to Samajwadi Party.

New Delhi: Official Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally went to a regional transport office in Indraprastha to get his driving license renewed. Along with him his wife Gursharan Kaur also got her license renewed.

Manmohan Singh noted for his humbleness, today personally drove to RTO office with his wife to get his license renewed. Punctual PM went at 9:00 AM to RTO office. But he needs to wait long for the issuing officer to come, who finally came in at 10:30 AM which is normal by government office standards. However Manmohan was shocked when the officer demanded Rs.100 bribe to renew license. Though Manmohan tried to explain he got all documents with him the officer was adamant with his demand. Finally license renewal was done only after Manmohan paid Rs.200 for renewing his and his wife’s license.

After returning to Prime Minister Office, Manmohan said, “I never thought people got treated like this in government offices. It just reminds me of the bollywood movie, Hindustani. When I watched the movie long ago, I thought the movies RTO office scenes are exaggerated. But after the treatment I got today I understand those things are real.” (“Hindustani” is a “Hindi movie” which famously depicts the way RTO offices operate in India. It was also released in regional languages – “Indian” in “Tamil” and “Bharateeyudu” in “Telegu”)

“The Prime Minister is quite upset with the way he was treated in RTO office. He is really concerned about common people of our country” Prime Minister’s media advisor Deepak Sandhu said.

Regional transport Office spokes person said, “Chandru Sharma, officer who allegedly took bribe from PM is suspended. A departmental inquiry is underway”.

Ahmedabad: Cultural program held on side lines of Vibrant Gujarat Summit turned violent as supporters of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and Congress union minister Shankersinh Vaghela clashed over kite flying dispute, at science city.

The Government of Gujarat organized 4th Global Investors’ Summit on 12-13 January 2009. Aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations,  policy and opinion makers.

As a part of cultural events kite flying contest was held. The event was sponsored by “Surat Diamond traders association” and “Surat Gems and Jewels export council”. Its part of urban Gujarati tradition to fly kites on Makarsankranti day. So Chief Minister Narendra Modi started flying kite. Modi’s Saffron colored flag had “Lotus” symbol on it. The opposition Congress MLA’s present in the event objected saying, “CM Modi is using the summit to promote his party BJP instead of promoting state. How can he fly a saffron colored kite with his party symbol Lotus, in a high profile summit?”

Upon hearing this news, Congress union minister Shankersinh Vaghela reached “Ahmadabad Science city” with his supporters and started flying a kite having Sonia Gandhi picture on it. Foreign delegates were surprised by crowd’s frenzied cries like - “Sonia Zindabad”, “Advani Zindabad”, “Jaey Congress”, “Jaey BJP”.  Then all of a sudden Narendra Modi skillfully cut down Vagela’s kite. Immediately the BJP supporters erupted in cheer shouting - “Long Live Ram, Down Down Rome”. Congress Legislators infuriated by the insult to their leader started clashing with BJP supporters. Soon the clashes spread across the city. Some sensitive areas like Maninagar witnessed large scale violence.

Later in the day, Gujarat cabinet convened by Modi asked Union Government to send armed forces to maintain law and order in Gujarat. This is the first time in India history; military had been called in for a kite flying contest.