It bore all the signs of a ?story of a death foretold?. Most observers foresaw the BJP?s first ever government in the south collapsing in a heap, under the weight of its own image, long before the chief-minister-in-waiting-for-long BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in as Karnataka?s CM. But, as Eavesdropper hears, BJP leaders? angriest mutterings are about how the Janata Dal (Secular) supremo Deve Gowda has had the audacity to betray the ?divine purpose? for which they saw the alliance as a tool. There was quite a saffron-clad crowd of holy men working behind the scenes to see the BJP?s southern ambitions materialise. Now, they reckon, Gowda will have to face the wrath from On High. Is the former PM worried? Naah. Napping, more likely. As an acolyte quipped, ?God proposes, Gowda disposes.?
Brahmastra
What goes round, comes round. In his heyday as state Congress leader, former Kerala CM and NCP leader K Karunakaran used to wield the word of the ?high command? to demolish dissent within the party. Now, it is the turn of his bete noir AK Antony to wield it. ?There are certain matters… which shall be decided only by the party high command,? he said, ?Karunakaran?s re-entry is one such issue.?