The BJP Sunday fielded Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to address a public meeting in poll-bound Bihar on Lord Krishna, who is associated with the Yadav community. The event was titled Jan Samras Sanskritik Sammelan (roughly, cultural gathering for social reconciliation). Samrasta is a term the BJP and the Sangh Parivar use to reach out to OBCs, SCs and STs. Here, it seemed aimed at the Yadavs, who are the electoral backbone of the RJD, the BJP’s main challenger in Bihar.
Back In Favour
It’s been quite a reversal in fortunes for former BSP MP Ashok Siddharth, the father-in-law of Mayawati’s nephew Akash Anand. Expelled in February for “anti-party activities”, he was reinducted last week. And on Sunday, the BSP chief appointed him as the party’s central coordinator and gave him the charge of four states — Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jammu & Kashmir. Siddharth was in charge of several states before his expulsion as well. His comeback mirrors that of his son-in-law, who, too, was reappointed as the party national convener recently.
Power Lunch
Who is more powerful — High Court or Supreme Court judges? Justice Vikram Nath of the top court believes it’s the former. At a Delhi HC event, Justice Nath recounted an experience he had at the Hyatt after lunch with his wife and sister-in-law. His driver was unable to bring his vehicle to the boarding area as a white car parked there was refusing to move, despite its driver being told that an SC judge was waiting to leave. Told that the car belonged to a High Court judge, Justice Nath decided to wait. After some time, he said, three or four judges came out with their families. The SC judge said he greeted them and asked if he had their permission to leave. The HC judges then asked the driver to move the car.
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