Power brings some problems by default8217;

MUMBAI, MARCH 26: Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today denied she had quot;any connections whatsoever with Romesh Sha...

MUMBAI, MARCH 26: Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today denied she had quot;any connections whatsoever with Romesh Sharma.quot; In Kalyan to highlight the achievements of the BJP government at the Centre on completion of its one year in office, she also commented on the infighting in the BJP, saying, quot;Power brings with it some problems by default. How can we remain untouched?quot; She had a similar response on why the BJP government had to keep appeasing its coaltion partners.

Asked to comment on why her husband Kaushal Swaraj was among the first to congratulate RJD president Laloo Yadav after the revocation of President8217;s rule in Bihar, she said, quot;What we do as a matter of personal courtesy has nothing to do with what we feel as a party.quot;

She promised the curtains would soon fall on the Vishnu Bhagwat drama. quot;It8217;s just a matter of days,quot; she pointed out, quot;before the Defence Minister spells it out on the floor of the House.quot; She, however, avoided being drawn into a controversy over the new insurance scheme for rape victims. quot;We have heard of the displeasure with which it was received everywhere, so we are doing a rethink on going ahead with it,quot; he said.

She scoffed at ex-prime minister V P Singh8217;s attempts at equating Bal Thackeray with Dawood Ibrahim. When asked if the government wouldn8217;t mind sending Union Home Minister L K Advani to Dubai to appease the don she said, quot;it8217;s ridiculous that we are thinking of both of them in the same breath.quot;

Admitting that she had taken up the issue of Thackeray8217;s criticism of her for quot;promoting Fire,quot; she said, quot;once I spoke to him everything was cleared and he retracted his remarks.quot;

Swaraj later inaugurated an auditorium of the Abihinav Vidya Mandira school run by the Chhatrapati Shikshan Sansthan. The auditorium is named after the world8217;s first woman doctor, Anandibai Gopal Joshi, who was brought up in the same premises in Kalyan. Along with her on the dias were ex-MP Ram Kapse and Union Minister of State for Railways Ram Naik, Tribal Welfare Minister Vishnu Sawra and former tourism minisiter Jagganath Patil. MLA Digambar Vishe and CIDCO chairperson Narayan Marathe were also present.