Eight union ministers are on vacation this summer, leaving the leadership in lurch. Most of them are worried over the tiff between the government and the party. Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamal Nath who is in the Netherlands, is keen to know the inside politics between the Congress and the government.

Here's a bit about Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh, who met Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The two spent one hour with him discussing the internal politics of the Congress. Rumours rife that Jairam Ramesh offered to resign from his portfolio and devote himself at the War Room to ready the AICC for the early Lok Sabha polls.