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By Neena Vyas
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. The outburst of "bahu" Tulsi, Smriti Irani, against the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, has less to do with politics and was more about Television Rating Points (TRPs), many Bharatiya Janata Party leaders believe. Two days after the "Tulsi" episode in real life when television viewers hooked on to the popular serial Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi were looking ahead to the reel episode in which she is to kill her natural son, Ansh, many BJP leaders are clueless about why Ms. Irani's conscience suddenly started pricking her on the Gujarat riots provoking her to demand Mr. Modi's resignation. Some feel, and they said so, that she wanted to give a big push to her TRPs by being in the news and featuring in headlines. There is no doubt that her outburst took the BJP by surprise and that it coincided with write-ups on the popular soap in which she is a heroine virtually asking viewers not to miss the next few episodes featuring the emotional climax of the serial — the killing of an evil son by a righteous mother. Yesterday, some party leaders said that she would be coming here to meet the party president, L.K. Advani, where, presumably, she would be asked to give an explanation for her conduct. That meeting did not take place today but could happen tomorrow, party sources indicated. Party leaders are also busy "investigating" any possible role played by any Congressman in provoking Ms. Irani to say what she did. After all, her reference to the birthday of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the need to clear his image of any blot had given the impression that Vajpayee supporters in the party had put her up to it. Soon after the May election results came in Mr. Vajpayee had started a controversy in the party by saying that the Gujarat riots were a factor in the party's defeat and suggesting that it would be better to replace Mr. Modi. There is also the view held by some party leaders that the dissidents in the Gujarat BJP may have wanted to start another campaign against Mr. Modi.
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