All This Getting Together

All This Getting Together Romesh Thapar WHAT is Rajiv Gandhi trying to do? He finally persuaded himself, despite the presence of that mischief-maker, Fotedar, that he must be allied to Farooq Abdullah in some sort of yet unworked out political compact. Sharad Pawar has been embraced to consolidate the Congress hold in Maharashtra. His 'feelers' are out to all manner of Congress types in the Janata Party, and apparently there are responses from the Chimanbhai Patel operators.