Law Minister Ashwani Kumar was seen in an unusually low-key mood as he stuck a pensive picture in the Central Hall of Parliament. He did not greet anyone, nor did he accept greetings from other MPs. The fate of Ashwani Kumar is hanging by a thread after the CBI told the Supreme Court that the law minister had asked to scrutinize the status report on the coal scam probe


Pratap Singh Bajwa, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee leader, was also seated behind Ashwani Kumar. Ashwini Kumar is considered to be too close to Dr  Manmohan Singh's wife, Gursharan Kaur, but it is Bajwa who is Rahul Gandhi's choice to head the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

Then, there was Yashwant Sinha, who was seen discussing matters with Rajya Sabha MP, NK Singh. Both belong to the IAS from the Bihar cadre. Though Sinha is senior, NK Singh addresses him as 'Yash'. They were then joined by Naresh Gujral. One BJP MP jokingly murmured that this triumvirate is called anti "NaMo' jalwa.