Walking the talk

Union minister Manish Tewari was one of those many VIPs who were caught in traffic jams caused by the Aam Aadmi Party' (AAP)s protests near Central Secretariat. Forced to step out of his official vehicle and walk past the barricades and road blocks, Tewari used his Twitter handle to report the experience: "Enjoyed walk for Governance from Parl. to Labor Min. past the rites of anarchy. A2P (Aam Aadmi Party) needs to make transition from agitators to administrators." Political observers wryly observed that the Congress better take care of their Union ministers. Should Jairam Ramesh happen to pass by AAP protests, then he might not just "walk" by it like Tewari but sit down and join them instead - the comment was a dig at the rural development minister's declared soft spot for AAP, which Ramesh subsequently retracted.