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R.I.P., OR ‘OM SHANTI’?

Defectors have a sense of direction: their GPS is mostly set saffronward these days. So, when a stray migrantRs 5,500 crore Kota beautification plan. Dhariwal still feels those poison wasp-stings. So, yoked together on one stage for a party programme on March 29, sparks flew. Dhariwal demanded an apology! And, incredibly, hurled the “communal” tag at Gunjal. Their supporters separated like curd from whey and hurled slogans at each other. Gunjal’s boys felt Dhariwal was sneakily trying to help frenemy Om Birla, also in the fray. The LS speaker, also a Kota native, is an old bugbear for Gunjal who he feels torpedoed his chances in the assembly polls. As for Dhariwal and Birla, they’re seen to be so thick that they’re called ‘Om-Shanti’.

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