Yadav puts up a brave face
Mayawati’s resounding victory in the UP poll obviously has had a demoralising impact on the SP’s cadre.
The SP leaders who had tasted power for some time are now sweating and waiting for the backlash from the Mayawati establishment.
But  Mulayam, the wrestler-turned-politician, lost no time in collecting himself. A day after the poll defeat he had a brief interaction with the second rung SP leaders and cadre in the State Capital.
“Nirash hone ki zaroorat nahin hain, dugne utshah se kaam karo” (don’t be despondent, work with  a double vigour), Mulayam told his followers. And his supporters cheered Netaji, the title given to him by his admirers. He was elected leader of the party immediately after the  poll reverses.
But, Mulayam’s right hand man Amar Singh could not put up a brave face in the state capital and remained confined to a Hospital in New Delhi.
Many of the SP sympathizers drew a comparison between Mulayam and his party’s  urban face- Amar Singh.
The SP General secretary did not seem to have many backers after the poll defeat with some holding him responsible for Mulayam’s decline and fall in the UP politics.
Be that as it may, Mulayam has to brave many a storm in UP with an unrelenting Mayawati in the saddle raring to take “revenge” on “the vanquished leader” and the bigwigs in his team including the Big-B. Interesting times ahead in Uttar Pradesh.

Deepak K Upreti Create a super ministry?
Who should look after the development of the all encompassing Infrastructure Sector?
When one talks about infrastructure, it virtually means all sorts of socio-economic developmental activities ranging from building up network of schools to construction of roads.
In that sense one may instantaneously feel that Planning Commission, whose job is to lay the road map for integrated development of the economy, is the appropriate agency to address all issues relating to integrated infrastructure development. 
The pertinent question-- Should there be a separate ministry to look after the Infrastructure Sector—came up at the “Construction Summit” jointly organised by the CII and Construction Federation of India.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who was attending the summit, in his characteristic sober manner, chose to reply in a style without appearing aggressive.
“This type of query keeps cropping up now and again. We in Planning Commission think there is no need for a separate ministry of Infrastructure. We can continue with the present system and gain experience”, Ahluwalia quipped.
“There is almost no support among the concerned Ministries for an overarching regulatory framework for the infrastructure sector”, he said probably hinting that no ministry wants to be bossed over by another ministry. One industrialist attending the Summit was heard whispering to another : Some of the Cabinet Ministers do not stand each other. Do you think the Prime Minister will invite more problems by creating a Super Ministry to coordinate all key Economic Ministries?