VIP SECURITY-Threat to Citizens Rights

charges of corruption against Sukh Ram, Narasimha Rao had gone out of his way to defend his minister in parliament. But the CBI revelation have brought out close business links between Narasimha Rao's son Prabhakar Rao and the promoter of Advanced Radio Masts, Patalu Rama Rao, who has been pinned down by the CBI in one of possibly many telecom scams. Narasimha Rao who is already facing charges against him in a cheating case and a bribery case and has his kins involved in various financial scandals has decided on attack as the best form of defence. By issuing a veiled threat of withdrawing support on the ground that the UFgovernmenlwasdivcrgingfrom Congress policies, NarasimhaRao again had the prime minister Deve Gowda scampering to his residence. The Congress can order home minister lndrajit Gupta to keep his hands off Congress Party affairs, but the prime minister cannot evidently stand up and assert that the Congress cannot dictate to the UF in policy matter.