Never say die

Who wouldn't want to hitch their crackling bandwagon to the rising star ? Inversely, why wouldn't one try to flee a sinking ship ? In this case, the rising star is Sonia Madam and the sinking ship is the NDA. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) patron, Farooq Abdullah, is now trying to not only flee from the NDA but also ditch the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) that tried to make him the Vice-Presidential candidate. His aim is to replace PDP as the partner in th J & K ruling coalition. Not only that, he would like to get back to electoral politics(but when did he quit ?) and perhaps become CM again. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is all for it so that he can return to Delhi where his heart is. With this in view, Dr Abdullah was himself in the chair at NC's Tuesday's meeting in Jammu -- normally it is his son Omar who presides -- when the party
adopted a resolution to vote for Pratibha Patil. Posturing par excellence !!