All the gossip from the PM's lunch for Lanka's Kumaratunge

April 12, 2012 13:30

The Prime Minister's lunch for former Sri Lanka president Chandrika Kumaratunge on Wednesday was memorable. Many Indian politicians who spent a few minutes with her got an earful of gossip about Lanka prez Manindra Rajapakshe and how Sri Lanka is governed.

Some of the senior opposition leaders went to a different table and discussed the upcoming elections for Rajya Sabha chairman and deputy chairman posts. BSP MPs were joking that the BJP and CPM have now come closer after Kozhikode CPM general council resolution. In other words, CPI(M) chief
Sitaram Yechury has been given blanket permission to woo the BJP and the
Shiv Sena to defeat the Congress candidate for Deputy Chairman.

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