Rahul, the policy pioneer, with a little help from friends Resurrection road Guess who’s ‘inauspicious’

R ahul Gandhi is seriously contemplating an image makeover. The former and perhaps would-be Congress chief wants to utilise the Coronavirus crisis to project himself as a policy wonk, and a leader who is patient and ready to listen. Rahul’s interview with former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan was a pointer in this direction. Insiders at 24, Akbar Road, say many more interactions with public policy experts are in the pipeline.

R attled by a growing disquiet and the buzz of an inauspicious tag, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has started calling up influential persons in Delhi and Bhopal, including media representatives, ostensibly to inquire about their well-being. Scindia’s induction in the BJP almost coincided with the Coronavirus spread. Some disgruntled party leaders from Gwalior are said to have started a whisper campaign, wondering if his entry would prove productive for the BJP.

Scindia’s move to call up the media and others is a cue from vice-president Venkaiah Naidu who reportedly called up each and every mediaperson personally known to him. The Congress’s Ahmed Patel has done a similar exercise to check on the well-being of his friends and acquaintances. ships in the Gulf are pressed into action, the internal movement of these returnees would lead to many hazards.

“squabbles, squirmishes, and About mega-star Amitabh Rishi recalled that in many roles were “written and remarked, “I guess those small rungs in of success.”

Rishi had also admitted that his first “serious” girlfriend was a Parsi girl, Yasmin Mehta. who had given him a ring. During the making of Bobby, Rishi had given the ring to co-star Dimple Kapadia. Rishi also acknowledged that his wife Neetu Singh felt insecure when Dimple returned to films and did Saagar with him.

Offscreen Rishi Kapoor had an entertaining, sometimes controversial presence on Twitter. He tweeted in the most unfiltered manner about everything from the Gandhis to opposing a beef ban. When actor Vinod Khanna died, Rishi had lamented the film fraternity for failing to attend his funeral. “Shameful. Not one actor of this generation attended Vinod Khanna’s funeral. And that too he has worked with. Must learn to respect,” Rishi had tweeted. disputes”. Bachchan, the 1970s, for Amitabh” we’ve been his ladder