Surprise guests at sharad yadav’s function

Last Sunday morning, a day before the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election votes were counted, many politicians living in the Lutyens’ Zone were intrigued seeing a decorative door coming up at the entrance of 7, Tughlaq Road, the bungalow of Sharad Yadav, former JDU Rajya Sabha member. The mystery was solved when it was discovered that a wedding reception of the daughter of a Hindi daily’s owner-cumeditor would be taking place there around noon. Not many BJP leaders attended the reception as they felt that “our entry at Sharad Yadav’s house may send a wrong message”. Some were also reluctant to come as the editor is known to be openly gunning for the NDA government. However, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, J.P. Nadda and Manoj Sinha and veterans such as Murli Manohar Joshi and Shanta Kumar came to bless the couple. Around 3.30 pm, when most of the guests had gone, a group of eunuchs walked in, singing and dancing in their traditional style and gheraoed the newly married couple. After much persuasion by a senior journalist, they agreed to come out to bargain the huge money they were demanding. As the eunuchs were heading out, a mischievous journalist told them, “The bride’s ‘grandfather Sharadji’ is sitting in the lawns.” They all started running in that direction. At this stage, a plainclothes security man stopped them and asked them to leave.They did but not before collecting a good amount and speeding away in their shining car.