(Sunetra Choudhury is Associate Editor, National Affairs, NDTV 24x7)
There's one joke that's done the full round of Parliament today. Political reporters, always open to silly jokes, especially when it's at the cost of a neta, were heard telling each other: "Arrey, police is saying that since they heard media reporting 'Rahul is missing', they thought they'd go and help out. Find out if a missing person's report is required.'' And every time I heard this joke being told, it was always followed by squeals of laughter.
I admit I was amused too because having covered the Congress Vice- President Rahul Gandhi for the better part of the last decade, I, like the others, could see the full irony of the Delhi Police proforma or questionnaire that we're told 526 prominent leaders or their aides filled without getting their VIP socks in a twist.
"What's the big deal?'' cried all the BJP leaders. "Congress is making a mountain where there isn't even a molehill,'' said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, but what the honourable minister is overlooking is that those questions may seem innocuous to everyone, they are totally taboo when it comes to Rahul Gandhi.
Forget the media and the Delhi Police sub-inspector sent to fill this form, they wouldn't give this information to a Congress senior leader who'd spent years serving the party!
Well, good luck to the special bureau, because last heard, no one seemed to even know where Mr Gandhi is, forget when he'd come back. And reps of his party's state units can share tips with the cops of how he keeps them guessing till the last minute about any intended plans.
He may have escaped scrutiny till now citing his privacy, but as the Congress President, that may be much harder to do.
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