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Top 10 players of Indo-US nuclear deal vote

July 23, 2008 posted by indiatime |

The Indo-US nuclear deal made a big bang in the parliament yesterday, with UPA, the ruling coalition surviving the confidence vote with the help of cross-voters from the opposition. The opposing BJP cried foul by showing bundles of one Crore Rupees as evidence of last week’s horse-trade. The communist party which had initiated the drama, looked dejected, possibly despaired with the realization of having opted out of power. The Bahujan Party explained their defeat away by accusing India’s upper castes of keeping a Dalit woman out of the nation’s top spot.

Amidst the long drama, the usual colorful suspects did not fail to make their mark. In a speech that wil go down as one of his career’s best, Laloo enthralled the supporting and opposing members alike, in a firebrand display of political wit that, showed what had made Rabdi Devi fall in love with him years ago.

Three members of BJP took the proceedings to a new climactic turn by displaying wads of cash they accused the ruling party’s friends of bribing them with. Their target was Amar Singh, the adopted brother of Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and a witty and bright man who in his own right, is a superstar of his own world.

Here are the few characters that must take the bow for making yesterday a day to remember

The Cross-voters:

1. Somabhai Patel :

father’s name: Ganda Lal (no, not Ganda Ghal)
Member, Committee on Absence of Members (knows where absent members’ playroom is)
Favourite Pastime: singing

2. Babubhai Katara :

Sports: 5000-metre sprinter at the University level (helped him run from BJP yesterday)
arrested: for human trafficking and immigration fraud

3. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh :

Favourite Pastime: Reading books which inspire national sentiments (read Bajpayee’s poems day before)

4. Chandrabhan Singh :

Social Activities: Got the statue of Awanti Bai installed at Station Chowk
Favourite Pastime: Reading Ramayana, Bhagvad Geeta and Mahabharat etc

5. Haribhau Rathod :

Special Interests: study of Nomads (soon to be a nomad himself)

6. Manjunath :

Interests: Running educational institutions to help the poor

7. Sangliana :

achievements: two non-MIZO persons have so far adopted the name Sangliana as their own through legal processes

The 3 who accused the ruling coalition of horse-trade tactics:

1. Faggan Kulaste :

Activities: encouraging tribals to keep alive their cultural activities by forming several committees

2. Ashok Argal :

Activities: Participation in community marriage ceremony of Jatav Samaj

3. Mahavir Bhagoda :

Special Interests: Helping and serving needy old widows (a widow-cleaner, if you will)

Special mention:

1. Amar Singh: The brain behind the coalition that saved Sonia Gandhi’s party, he once said this about her

“…When Prakash Karat (of the communist party) goes to meet Sonia Gandhi, it’s called suhaag raat, but when we go to meet Sonia Gandhi, it’s called balaatkaar…”

2. Somnath Chaterjee: the speaker had promised India’s press that he would make a decision on his resignation on the 22nd. When the press pressed him about it, he quipped “…I just told you the date, I didn’t say what month or year….”!


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  1. Winners and Losers of the UPA Trust Vote | DesiPundit on July 23, 2008 7:17 am

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