Venkaiah is Rajnath146;s man for all crises

Any crisis and Singh puts Naidu on the job 8212; trouble in a state unit, and Naidu is sent as trouble-shooter, any important committee and Naidu heads it. The latest committee headed by Naidu is the party8217;s 8220;high-power8221; committee to formulate its response to the issue of special economic zones.

Last fortnight Naidu was appointed chairman of a committee assigned the task of quickly preparing a blueprint for a nation-wide programme on the Vande Mataram issue.

Around the same time, Rajnath Singh deputed Naidu to Ranchi. His mandate 8212; save the tottering Arjun Munda government. When neither seemed to work, Naidu chose not to sully his hands. He returned unsuccessful and Munda facilitated a smooth transition of power.

Naidu has problems to attend to as far as Karnataka8212; he is in fact in charge of all four southern states.