Tharoor again

Congress whip Deepender Hooda was twice seen animatedly asking Tharoor to join his colleagues in the protest.

Shashi Tharoor continues to upset his party colleagues. The latest reason was his reluctance to troop into the well of Lok Sabha along with party colleagues who were raising slogans against the government on the black money issue. Congress whip Deepender Hooda was twice seen animatedly asking Tharoor to join his colleagues in the protest. But he kept reading and chose to look away. All this happened in the presence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was nudging Congress members to go to the well. In between, Tharoor once walked out of the House as well.

COLD TIES

As Amar Singh whose term at the Rajya Sabha came to an end Tuesday, delivered his farewell speech, interspersed with references to his ties with Arun Jaitley, he lamented about “sweet relations turning bitter”. As Singh mentioned the transience of relationships several times, Jaya Bachhan, who sat two rows away from him, displayed no emotion. Usually among the most enthusiastic in applauding speeches, she made no move to even acknowledge Singh’s speech. After he parted ways with Mulayam Singh, Amar Singh had a famous fall-out with the Bachchans as well.

SILENCE PLEASE

As DMK’s Tiruchi Siva got up to speak on the Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain establishments) Act, 1988, he was forced into a brief silence as ministers Najma Heptulla and Harsimrat Badal on the first row were engrossed in a conversation loud enough to disturb others. While Shiva continued after the pause, the two ministers remained oblivious to it.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Hearing of the IPL-2013 betting and spot-fixing case in the Supreme Court witnessed some lighter moments Tuesday. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for petitioner Cricket Association of Bihar, referred to a media report in his bid to establish Gurunath Meiyappan’s role in managing the affairs of Chennai Super Kings. Retorting, senior counsel Kapil Sibal cited another media report that quoted former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi as saying he was sponsoring the petition against ousted BCCI chief N Srinivasan and his son-in-law Meiyappan. “If it is so then its a very good news. Now I know who to claim my fees from. I can now afford to go full throttle since I know who is going to pay my fees,” said Salve, as his remark triggered laughter across the warring sides.

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