Jan 19, 2009

The word is out that four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu & Kashmir will be allotted in the next few days. Three are expected to go to Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saifuddin Soz and Faroukh Abdullah. And the fourth? Well, it has been committed to king of good times Vijay Mallya by the Abdullahs. In fact, Mallya has spent past week in Jammu and Srinagar lobbying his case. And to ensure a smooth passage, he’s also said to have sought the blessings of a karmic healer in South Delhi. An interesting sidelight: Omar Abdullah’s wife Payal has been the GSA of Jet Airways in Srinagar for years now. Is there a job shift in the offing?

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