STRETCHING FOR TOP POST

Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari is shaping up, quite literally, to take on a prominent role at the national level once again. Having shed 35 kg, Gadkari claims that he owes his fitness to something called stretch therapy. The treatment involves deep tissue massage and manual stretching from head to toe. And doing wonders for Gadkari is a Nagpur masseur who travels with him whenever he comes to Delhi. It seems like he may just have to shift base permanently if BJP patriarch L. K. Advani succeeds in pushing Gadkari’s name to head the party’s campaign committee.