Congress hand plays hard fist down south

India’s wise old party has always believed in keeping its friends on a tight leash; let it be by cracking the whip on Sharad Pawar’s aides Ajit Gulabchand, Shahid Balwa or having the CBI breathe down DMK chief’s blue-eyed boy A. Raja.

To ensure further gains in the south during the upcoming state elections, the party could not afford to miss the opportunity to arm twist its allies in conceding few seats more than their last agreement. This time it was easy to bargain for few more seats in exchange of keeping the CBI away from the DMK patriarch’s daughter Kanimozhi. DMK’s futile stunt to break the 7 year alliance also did not budge the Delhi heavy weights resulting in the local party heeding into congress’s demand of 3 seats more.

While addressing a function this week, DMK honcho said that “The party has accepted the Congress' demand for the extra seats in the larger interests of the state and following the policy of give and take.” We all are now aware of what the DMK has given to the congress, what yet remains a secret is what has it taken in exchange.