Baalu's Turn Now

Is DMK's Transport Minister T R Baalu going the Dayanidhi Maran way ? Stories are being narrated to the Crown Princess of DMK, Kanimozhi, about how Baalu has been having his way by threatening a pull-out of UPA at the drop of a hat !! She appears to be shell-shocked. But if she reports it to her "Appa" , would Baalu's wings be clipped or chopped off ? And the one who would be most relieved would be the Prime Minister himself. Dr Manmohan tried to scuttle Baalu's demand for G S Maini, an IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, as Chairman of the National Highway Authority, because of negative CRs. His own Principal Secretary, TKA Nair, also from the Punjab cadre, opposed it. But Baalu made it clear that DMK (meaning he) would not brook a "no" . And he got what he wanted.