CONgressing on and on....

It seems the strange games that the CONgress government is playing with the country is creating news in other parts of the world as well, with several high profile US based newspapers writing about the inexplicable incompetency and silence of the government and its Prime Minister on many issues. However, there is a general consensus building up towards the strong possibility that the stage is being set for the CONgress to install Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister, and he is expected to hold the boat steady, and then everything is expected to be just fine.

The game between P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee seems to be over, with the two of them coming out together and Pranab da saying the letter that created so much flutter was not his view but just an inter-ministerial background paper. Well done Sonia Gandhi, you're handled your minions well.

In a show of unity, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram, both  principals in a blockbuster political drama  , appeared together to make a brief statement today on the infamous "2G note." Mr Mukherjee said that the document, attributed to his ministry, was in fact "an inter-ministerial background paper" and that it contains "certain interferences and interpretations" that he said do not reflect his view.

Mr Chidambaram then stepped forward to say, "I am happy with the statement read by my senior and distinguished colleague Mr Pranab Mukherjee. I accept the statement. As far as all of us in the government are concerned, the matter is closed."

The double-bill appearance was followed by Sonia Gandhi driving to the Prime Minister's house. They met for 30 minutes, reportedly to take stock of the truce that was declared in public by their ministers. It's unlikely to provide the government the respite that's needed.

By the way, this said note became public information after an RTI application! So one can add this as another great example of the positives of such an act.

The CBI has shown itself to be in complete control of the CONgress and its cronies, with the way it completely refused to entertain any sort of inquiry into the allegations against P Chidambaram. Subramaniam Swamy though says that its not over yet, and considering how this man is single-handedly shaming so many of the top political names in New Delhi, surely there is more to come.

On a side note, the grand daddy of scams who manages to make billions and yet not have a single finger pointed at him officially makes a statement at how the government will remain stable despite all the scams and allegations flying around.

But so much for him. Maybe his time will come too, who knows. But a lot of things have been going on, and a lot of action is expected in the next few days. Like mentioned before, the matter of ordering CBI inquiry against P Chidambaram is with the Supreme Court, and if they say its a go, then the Home Minister will have to resign.

It seems that the heat from all corners has now moved as high up as P Chidambaram, with this really revealing article by Ram Jethmalani in The Sunday Guardian on Chidambaram and the evil in the government itself. The good news is that for the first time, a member of the fraud Gandhi family has been named, and that is a very good thing.

 Dr Subramanian Swamy has clearly stated in his website, "I now have further information from my usually reliable sources in the Union Government that the tapping of Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and his close associate in the Ministry, enabled Mr. Robert Vadra the son-in-law of Ms. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Karthik son of Mr. P. Chidambaram, to use the data thereby collected to manipulate and rig the Mumbai stock market. Earlier these data were directly provided by the then Finance Minister Mr. Chidambaram. I demand that the SEBI be asked by PM to initiate 'Insider Trading' investigation and prosecution of Mr. Vadra and Mr. Karthik."

 The dark clouds of the 2G scam and the repeated evidence being given by A. Raja and other accused of his tacit involvement and other acts of omission and commission are menacingly closing in on Chidambaram. He is losing his cool, and more importantly, losing his carefully clipped English accent to its more indigenous roots more often. And like his colleague Digvijay Singh, his mind seems to be disintegrating to a stage where he has started talking gibberish. Take this, for example: in reply to the BJP demand for his resignation for his involvement in the 2G scam, Chidambaram claims that the BJP is targeting him since he initiated a probe by the NIA into Hindu terror.

While the airwaves are rife with all things related to the 2G scam (where is Nira Radia by the way?), the next "set" of scams are from under the ground. The mining scams are coming in from all over the place, starting from Karnataka which was the CONgress' big fightback against the BJP government there, and a chance for the CONgress to showcase that they aren't the only ones steeped in corruption.

Since then, scams have been unearthed in Goa and Orissa, with some newspapers reporting that the scam in Orissa could be as big as 3 lakh crores! Illegal mining is not new in the country, because for most businesses in the mining industry, apparently doing business while subverting the laws is extremely profitable and easy, and with the amount of money involved, its very easy to keep all the politicians, policemen and judges, etc humoured and keep their eyes closed.

In Goa, the current Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat, has been the mining minister for over a decade, so if there is any hint at how lucrative the ministry is that the top politician of the ruling party keeps the portfolio, this is a big hint. India Today says that the loot there is almost as big as the loot in Bellary.

Unfortunately, its an open secret in all aspects of human business that politicians have their paws in everything, and the politicians are the new businessmen in this country. They control the lawmakers, they control the resources, and they wield considerable power in the media.

India will pay dearly for the actions of the fraud Gandhi family and all the minions it controls, and its allies. Indian populace may not be too concerned when it comes to the economy, but the direct effect of what this evil government is doing to the country will begin biting each and all of us before we can say "Rahul Gandhi".