To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6037 ) 8/29/1999 7:44:00 AM From: JPR Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12475
Election Comics Mudslinging Mahajan speaks of Monica and Sonia Sonia shares 4 alphabets with Monica. That is good enough for guilt by association -- ONIA Fernades Muses. Is Fernandes a Muse or Moose? Sonia's Supine contributions - 2 issues, Priyanka and Rahul -I just can't figure out this Indian word, "issues" for "offsprings". What is offspring anyway? We all issue and spring off from our mothers! UGH or is it neat? Did George put his foot in the mouth again? Priyanka says that Dear MOM brings protection to BELLARY. Priyana (and Sonia) offer protection - reeks of Mafia Unuchs, Congressmen, BigBalls Jeorge Phernandes B igballs J eorge P hernandez = BJP expressindia.com EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE BELLARY, AUG 28: On the day when Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan expressed regrets over his statement on Congress President Sonia Gandhi, his ministerial colleague George Fernandes launched a below-the-belt tirade on her. Addressing a moderately-attended Janata Dal (U) rally at Sandur in Bellary, the Union Defence Minister said, ``What is her (Sonia's) contribution to the nation? Yes, there is one contribution -- the two children she gave birth to . She has contributed two people to the population of our country. Is there anything else?' The rally at the APMC yard in Sandur, was attended by JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde and Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel. Referring to Kargil, Fernandes said, ``Your (Sonia Gandhi's) husband sent our Army to Sri Lanka to fight whose war? Ask the Congress how many soldiers died? 1,157 soldiers died. Why did you send them? We sent our soldiers (to Kargil) to protect our country'. Calling Congressmen ``eunuchs' for notfinding a person of Indian origin to head their party and Sonia's election campaign in Bellary ``a cinema,' he took a dig at Priyanka joining the campaign, saying, ``What is this `I love Bellary and my mummy loves Bellary' business?' He added, ``In Amethi, she will say, `I love Amethi.' On Sonia's status as an Indian, Fernandes said that she did not think of becoming an Indian citizen from 1968 (when she married Rajiv) till 1983. ``Once Sanjay Gandhi died, she was sure that her husband will succeed her mother-in-law as Prime Minister and she became a citizen. Is this her love for the country?' Fernandes said that Priyanka's statement, ``I have brought my mother to you for your protection,' betrayed that things were shaky for Sonia. Fernandes had come to Sandur to campaign for the BJP's Bellary nominee, Sushma Swaraj who was at least 50 km away campaigning in Bellary from dawn to dusk. Sushma, Fernandes said, ``is no ordinary person.' Recalling that she and her husband Swaraj Kaushal were the onlyadvocates who came forward to defend him in the famous Baroda dynamite case during the Emergency, he said, ``Sushma fought the autocracy of Indira Gandhi along with us.' Later, Chief Minister J H Patel called the Congress a dead party and compared Sonia to a dead horse got by congressmen to revive the party. Yadav and Hegde also spoke at the rally. Earlier, in a statement released from Chandrapur, Mahajan expressed regret over his reported remarks concerning Sonia Gandhi and Monica Lewinsky but maintained that he has never equated the two in election speeches in Maharashtra. ``I am extremely pained and anguished at being dragged into an unnecessary controversy,' he said. ``If some people have felt hurt because of this particular report, which is nothing but the inference of a reporter, I am sorry about it,' he said in the statement. Copyright ¸ 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd