BJP MPs wary of angry voters in constituencies
September 25, 2017  16:10
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Central Hall of Parliament during inter-sessions is not as active as during Parliament, but there's always some gossip. This morning, at least 20 to 25 MPs and two ministers spent considerable time in Central Hall. Here's a summary of what was being said:

1) Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy resigned from the TMC membership and is planning to join the BJP


2) Narayan Rane, a former leader of the Congress party in Maharashtra, is meeting BJP president Amit Shah in New Delhi with a plan to launch a state party in Maharashtra. This is a great jolt to the Maharashtra Congress Committee.


3) Rahul Gandhi's tour to USA was being summarised by two of his close confidantes who also accompanied the Congress VP. At least 350 visiting cards, 2000 emails addresses have been collected during the visit and are now being sorted out. Gandhi wanted to send a "big-thanks" email to those who interacted with him. The PR have been taken over by a private company, which works from Nehru Place in New Delhi.

4) BSP chief Mayawati is gaining ground in Uttar Pradesh. There is unconfrimed news that Mayawati and Akhilesh had met two times and wanted to forge an alliance between her party and the SP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Intermediaries from both political parties are active.

5) Murmurs have begun in the BJP that voters are angry and visiting parliamentary constituencies is becoming increasingly difficult with the rise in petrol prices, GST and the debacle of demonetisation. Few MPs openly spoke of this in the Central Hall of Parliament, a first for the government. 
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