One big happy family -- Amma, Didi, Modi

May 12, 2015 09:18

PM Narendra Modi offered his greetings to Jayalalithaa after she was acquitted in the disproportionate assets case, extending overnight the lending-range of his shoulder from the east to the south. The exchange of courtesies followed a weekend of fellowship in Bengal where both Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee spoke of the virtues of "shoulder-to-shoulder" cooperation for the sake of the country.

While state governments always stand to benefit from good relations with the Centre, Modi's compulsions for reaching out to Mamata and Jayalalithaa are being traced to a realisation that the Rajya Sabha has turned out to be a far harder nut to crack than thought initially. Legislation-driven government business is getting stuck in the upper House.

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