Laying Out of a Rose Garden

Laying Out of a Rose Garden LANGUAGE speaks the political man. Face to face with the national election, prime minister Rajiv Gandhi has found a new language which now speaks him rather than he speaks it. On August 7, he treated the Lok Sabha to a fascinating taste of the new language of electoral politics. The occasion was the introduction of the urban bodies bill, the supplement of the panchayat bill both of which the prime minister determined to pilot himself. He did not speak extern pore. Nor from notes. He read a written statement. It is known that the 'speeches' of the prime minister are composed with great care by members of his staff. He himself goes over different versions drafted by different people The final draft is written under his personal vigil Rajiv Gandhi rehearses the important 'speeches' he delivers.