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The Dragon's Tamer
Rating: K to Teen
Pairings: Hermione Granger & Charlie Weasley
Authoress Note: I have a very good beta currently but unfortunately she is not as familiar with the Harry Potter Universe to do more than check for grammar and spelling. If anyone is interested, I have this chapter and the next finished and waiting on a beta. Email me at please and thank you!
She had been at the Dragon Reserve since the beginning of what was supposed to be her sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The war had broken out sooner than they all had expected and the attacks on the muggle borns had increased dramatically. The Order of the Phoenix had stepped in and had made several well known muggle borns, both at Hogwarts and within the general Wizarding community disappear, making it seem as if rouge death eaters had decided to take them out on their own in order to please their master.
It had been deemed that Hermione Granger would be one of those high target muggle borns, being Harry Potter, the Wizarding world's savior, and Ron Weasley, a blood traitor in the eyes of the Death Eaters, best friends. It made Hermione nervous, not because she was to go into hiding, but because she would miss out on her OWL level classes and her NEWT exams, much to Ron and Harry's dismay. Professor McGonagall did her best to relax Hermione's fears, saying she was a bright student and she could sit her exams at the same time as the others except for an examiner would be sent to her. All of her course books and any other books she deemed necessary would be sent to her, courtesy of Hogwarts and her parents. That pleased her, the thought of having unlimited books at her disposal however she did miss the instruction from a formal teacher even if this did give her more freedom to slow down and speed up her lesson plans as she deemed necessary.
Being Hermione Granger, she was one not to want to fall behind on her school, was having more of a practical approach to her lessons, the other Keepers and other various people working on the Romanian Dragon Reserve stopping their work occasionally to help explain something to her that she had read in her required texts. If one counted all the other various subjects that she was researching and learning about while being basically held prisoner for her own safety on a dragon reserve thousands of miles from her home she would well be qualified for acceptance to any apprenticeship of her choice to become a Master. It was a Saturday, which meant that Charlie Weasely had the day off, her warden for lack of a better term. She should probably find him and have him help her practice some of her Defense Against the Dark Arts work as well as hunt down the Mediwitch and head healer to see if she could start doing some brewing for them as far as potions went, it would keep her top notch and would set requirements and standards that where close to those of Professor Snape's and it would keep the healer's tent in well stocked supply.
Currently she had her nose in a book that Healer Smith had recommend, 1,001 Magical Mishaps in Healing and was taking notes when someone knocked on her tent door. Looking up she saw a head of red hair attached to a stocky young man enter the tent.
"Good morning Hermione." He said as he walked past her and into the kitchen of the tent they shared.
"Good morning yourself Charlie, enjoy your run?" she asked, wrinkling her nose as the stench of the sweat that poured off his body reached her.
"It was ok. Essie decided to join me but other than that it was uneventful."
Hermione watched him as he filled a glass of water and downed it in a few short gulps, something that was for sure to give him hiccups within a few minutes.
"So Essie's leg has healed up ok?" Hermione asked, true interest in her voice as she pushed back a lock of her hair behind her ear, hoping it would hold it in place. Essie was a golden blonde retriever that had wandered up into the dragon reserve past all the anti-muggle wards and straight into Hermione's tent one day. About a week back she had gotten brave enough to play with a little hatchling and in the process got her back right leg singed a little which had prevented her from going with Charlie on his usual morning runs.
"So far so good, the cream the Healer gave for me to put on it seems to be working wonders."
As to prove this point Essie popped her head into the tent, seemed to take an inventory before making a bee line for Hermione, pushing her book and notes to the side and burrowing her head into Hermione's shoulder as Hermione praised her and began rubbing on her back.
"How's your school working coming?" he asked as he slipped back into his room, leaving the door open to allow them to be able to continue their conversation.
"Good, I'm ahead of schedule but if anything I can sit my exams early and just be done with all this stress but we're only two months into the school year so we'll see." As she spoke Charlie watched her as she set down her book, sticking a book mark on the page she stopped on before heading to the kitchen and pulling out a tea kettle and giving it a wave in Charlie's direction.
"Tea? Because what they serve in the cafeteria is not tea, no matter what you say Mr. Weasely." Her voice held a bit of familiar cheek to it, as Charlie did something very unlike him, he stuck his tongue out at her.
"Yes please, and I know that what they call tea in the cafeteria is just herbs in water it really shouldn't be allowed to be called as such."
Just then an owl swooped in with several envelopes and a small package with Hermione's name on it. Hermione watched as she added water to the kettle as Charlie untied the letters and package from Errol's foot and gave it a dish of owl treats for which he received a very enthusiastic hoot. Pulling two letters from the stack he handed Hermione the package and three letters, one from her parents, one from Ron and Harry, and the third from Professor McGonagall, who along with Professor Snape where her academic advisors.
Pulling the string on the package allowed it to expand into its full size as a handful of books scattered themselves on the table.
There were three potions books, one on healing potions, one on dangerous potions, and one on forbidden potions that only the most highly respected potions masters knew about, one book on animgiu transformations, one on using Herbology for healing, one OWL prep book and one NEWTS prep books used for students that where usually homeschooled and then two books that would begin her Masters study for Transfiguration and Potions, both several hundred pages long and only the first in their series.
"Seems like you have some very high ambitions." Charlie stated more than asked as he scanned her pile of books as she organized them.
"Not so much ambitions as I know what I want and I'm going to go after it." She said as she began flipping through the Masters Study for Transfiguration book, skimming the table of contents.
"So basically yes you have very high ambitions." His laugh filled the tent, as the tea kettle began to sing a high pitched wail, letting them know that their water was now hot.
"If you can call it that."
Hermione watched as Charlie stretched before making his way towards the cabinet and pulling down two coffee mugs, placing two tea bags inside of each before pouring the boiling hot water over them and allowing them to seep as he handed one to Hermione who absentmindedly began to dunk her tea bag in a repetitive motion, coming to sit at the kitchen table moving her pile of books to sit before her.
"Are you going to read your mail?"
Charlie's voice startled her from the sip of tea she had been about to partake of, almost causing her to spill her mug, before noticing that he had moved her three letters to rest on top of her stack of books.
"I don't think it's any of your business when I chose to read my mail; but yes I am going to read my letters."
Deciding that the letter from Ron and Harry was sure to lift her spirits she slipped her nail underneath the edge of the seal, breaking it in a swift movement, before unfolding the unusually long letter.
Dear Hermione,
Sorry it's been so long since we've written there's just been so much going on with school and the dangers of Lord Voldemort's attacks on muggle borns, more students have gone into hiding than ever which is doing Hogwarts no favors, it used to be that Hogwarts was the safest place for us all and now it's just a deserted wasteland of half bloods and pure bloods that think they're better than everyone else. School seems to be the only thing unchanged as the Professor's are bound and determined that everything goes on as it does before. I talked to Professor McGonagall and she assured me that you weren't falling behind on your school work; which I'm proud of. I wish I could give you access to the Black Family Library but Professor Dumbledore thinks there is a traitor among the Order, hence why your with Charlie instead of at Order Headquarters. Padfoot said to say hello and that he would gladly send you anything from the library that you required or would make you copies of anything you desired, all in the quest for knowledge.
Griffindor's down by half of it's students, Hufflepuff is down by over half , Slytherin is at full capacity as is Ravenclaw, only a few have left from there. The morale is down and this war is starting sooner than we ever anticipated and that was what his goal was.
Take care Hermione and stay safe,
Harry J. Potter
Ron B. Weasely
There letter was no surprise as she had already known that the school was going to be hit the hardest with attacks on muggle born students. They had no way to defend themselves over holidays and their parents where defenseless. The letter from her parents was short and to the point but it did more for her nerves that Ron and Harry's letter had.
Dear Hermione,
We've been taken into Protective Custody by some members of your Order of the Phoenix who have said it would not be safe for us here for a while. They say we'll get to see you here soon which would be wonderful as we miss you. We have closed our dental practice, or rather sold it,, and are sitting on the money to reopen it one day. We'll just call it a relocation. Tonks has said that if all goes well they will be able to reinstate us in another part of the world under new identities once all the madness dies down. We've been assured this letter's protection but it is still best to keep it short.
Keep your chin up love; we're proud of you for being a witch never doubt that Hermione Granger; and tell Charlie that we're grateful for his watching over you as we are to the entire Weasley Clan.
Mom & Dad
They were safe; they had been relocated as promised and where probably about to relocate again once this madness died down; that was all that mattered. The last letter would just be a detailed report on her previous months homework and a detailed list of assignments for this month's work; last month's had been turned in two weeks early as it kept her sane to keep busy; hence the Mastery level work.
"Have you asked for the books you'll need for your Healing work yet? Speaking of has Minerva approved of the added curriculum?" Charlie asked, bring her back from her thoughts as she fingered the letter that Minerva had sent her.
"That's what this reply should be Charlie. Last she told me was that she would get together with Poppy and get together a basic curriculum, send it back to me for Healer Smith's approval and collaboration and from there I would receive marks for my healing work at a University level, they've all said it should help with my Potions Mastery so if anything a solid foundation won't hurt anything. As for the books Healer Smith said he would give me my book list based off of the curriculum decided upon."
Charlie watched as she worked herself up into a frenzy before opening the letter that had been sitting in front of her for the past fifteen minutes as she sipped her tea.
Miss Granger,
Here you will find your marks for September and your work for October as well as some instruction for your Mastery Level work you wished to attempt.
September's Marks:
Essays & Readings:
Essay On Practical Animgiu Transformations: E
Essay On Transfiguration Of Self : E
Essay On Transfiguration: From One State of Matter to Another: E
Reading Assignment Standard Book of Spells Year 6 pgs 300-350 (notes): O
Essay From Reading Assignment: E
Divination: *Since you have just picked up Divination, for reasons beyond my comprehension, you are still three years behind on material; please keep that in mind although since Professor Trewenly is no longer with us you should be fine*
Essays & Readings:
Dream Journal: O
Essay on the art of Tea Reading: E
Essay on Comparison and Contrast of Three Types of Divination: Unmarked (Please rewrite and return in; you are capable of better work Ms. Granger your thoughts were unorganized and non-related)
Dream Journal: E
10 Inches on Draught of Living Dead: P
10 Inches on Polyjuice Potion: A
Draught of Living Dead: E
Polyjuice Potion (at month's end): E
Ms. Granger, when I requested an essay I did not want an reiteration of what the book said, use the books as sources and not as your ideas. Allow your own ideas to come through, rewrite both essays for a remark as well as an essay on why it is important to learn to think outside of textbook logic.
Care of Magical Creatures:
10 Uses of Unicorn's Blood: E
Essay on the Idea Behind Protective Wards: E
Essay on Blood Wards and Why They Are Banned: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts:
The Ideals Behind the Dark Lord's Rise to Power: E
Boggarts: E
Defense From Boggart: E
History of Magic
Essay on the Reasoning Behind the First Goblin War: E
Test on First Goblin War: E
Growth of Mandrake's: E
Growth of Devil's Snare: E
Uses of Mandrake: E
Muggle Studies
Why muggle born children become witches and wizards: E
If you wish an examiner may be sent to you at any time to sit your OWLS. You are well prepared.
Birthday Calculations: E
Name Calculations: E
Astrology Chart: E
"I've got to rewrite three essays; two for Potions one for Divination and an extra essay for Potions on not thinking like a text book and that's on top of this month's work, which I haven't even looked at." Hermione said, a dejected sigh coming through her words.
"It's not all that bad pet. The school work gives you something to do and it keeps you busy and the rewrites aren't going to be that hard to do. Just tweak what you have already and add in some insight as for the thinking outside the box essay I'd say write that one first and be done with it."
The rest of Hermione's morning was spent in writing on of her harder essays, one that did not require sources but pure thought, and thought alone, but as she was dubbed the smartest witch of her age, she managed to have a rough draft finished by the afternoon, something of which she was proud of as she sat there proofreading it for the first time with a red pen as her aid.
Charlie would occasionally pop his head up from the book that he sat reading, watching her work and offering some advice when she started talking to herself out loud trying to work out a problem that she had run into.
A plate of food being set down next to her told her that she had worked well past lunch and had almost worked herself past dinner as well, if it had not been for Charlie's thoughtfulness.
"Thanks Charlie!" her enthusiasm showed as her eyes took in the sandwich that was laid out before her like a feast. "It looks delicious; I've gotten the extra essay for Snape done, the essay on Polyjuice rewritten or at least a rough draft, and the Draught of the Living Dead rough draft done as well. So that leaves one more rough draft for my Divination essay and then the actual rewrites."
She paused as she took a bite of the ham sandwich enjoying the way the ham, cheese, and pickles tasted to her food starved mouth.
"If you'll give me the three you have written I'll proofread them for you after dinner and you can start on the rough draft for your Divination essay while I work on them."
Hermione nodded her consent before taking a sip of the cold iced tea that had been placed down with her meal, it wasn't English tea but it was good.
"I'll make you a copy; I like to keep a copy of my rough drafts with my finals even after I turn them in. That way in case something gets lost I know where an extra copy is."
"Fair enough, I know poor Flitwick has lost an essay of mine or two in the past the poor guy, he was very much unorganized at the time." Charlie said, nodding his agreement as he polished off his sandwich before taking her three essays and spreading himself out on the couch and began reading first for grammatical errors and then syntax and knowledge errors as Hermione settled in to start on her Divination rewrite after a quick brush up on her notes that she had taken.


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CARMEL, Ind.
The Carmel Fire Department was called to a house fire in the 800 block of Preston Drive on Thursday morning. That's close to College Ave. south of 103rd St.
Heavy smoke was showing from the home when firefighters arrived. They quickly got the fire under control. No one was injured and no one was home at the time.
According to firefighters, the homeowner left the home with some food on the stove. A roofing crew working on the residence noticed smoke coming from the home.
Carmel Fire fighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly before the entire residence was lost.
There was damage to the immediate kitchen area and into the attic, and smoke damage throughout the residence.
Damage is estimated at $30,000.

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Auto Mechanic Totals Customer's Lamborghini
An Austrian mechanic's joyride in a customer's Lamborghini is costing him hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars, not to mention the owner's business.
According to Orange News, the mechanic told police he couldn't resist the chance to test out the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder that had come in for a few repairs recently.
But he ended up crashing into a barrier and flipped the car onto its roof.
The driver and his passenger avoided injuries and hitched a ride with the tow truck driver.


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From the locked archives of the Vatican to the overgrown jungles of Ethiopia, an unlikely trio begins a deadly search for the Holy Grail. Two journalists and a beautiful photographer are traveling together in a broken down Jeep while covering the 1975 Ethiopian civil war. Both men fall in love with the woman and that complicates things.
When the trio winds up lost in the jungle, in the no man's land between the fighting factions, they take cover and dig in for the night. In their hiding place, they encounter a dying man who tells them an amazing and quite unbelievable story. But for some reason - one that they grapple with for the rest of their journey - that night they believe.
The dying man is a priest who has been imprisoned for 40 years because - as he tells it - he found the Holy Grail. This night he has escaped from the prison because it was bombed during the day's fire fight. Unfortunately, the priest was hit, too, so his freedom only lasts for one short night. But it's long enough for Father Armando to describe for our journalists the location of Christ's cup from The Last Supper - and it's long enough to make them believe his story....
Thus begins their quest - a deadly adventure that pits them against the Vatican, murderous tribesmen, shadowy assassins, fanatical Coptic monks and, ultimately, against the powers of the Grail itself.
In the best Nelson DeMille tradition, The Quest takes listeners on a heart-pounding, thrilling ride, as well as to quite a few good bars in Rome. Against the backdrop of a legend that has lasted 2,000 years, and with a love affair influencing many decisions, good eventually triumphs - but at a steep price.
©2013 Nelson DeMille (P)2013 Hachette
"Ugh, a "romance" cloaked in Grail Quest?"
I cannot think of a demographic that would enjoy this half-baked story.
Leviathan Wakes
Clear Accents Inflection
Vivian's character. She was superfluous and added nothing to the story. Her character was used to add sex and an attempt at the complexity of human relationships. The relationship between Colonel Gann and the Princess accomplished more in the few pages in which it featured.
Nelson Demille is a fun author and I usually enjoy his books immensely. True to his form, the build up and Ethiopian history were interesting and attention grabbing. That this was a grail quest wasn't the problem, but rather how the quest was handled including the climax and epilogue. Actually, the epilogue was one of the biggest letdowns I've experienced in years.
"this can't be Nelson DeMille"
Maybe it was his first book; I am a devotee but this book is not up to his standards; nor is the narration up to Scott Brick's!
absolutely, but without foreign accent
all the little personal scenes
Love, romance and thriller. Very intriguing. Easy listening and very good performance. Thumbs up. Recommend.
"great book as always. I have enjoyed every book by"
DeMille. Scott brick is great.. together they are unbeatable. cannot pass up their work. great.
"Another winner"
Story line was very good. Great characters. Especially enjoyed the unlikely hero of the story.
"liked it"
Scott Brick is one of my favorite narrators. The story had enough twists and turns and smart dialogue to make it totally enjoyable.
"Not DeMille's best, but still pretty good."
A good story with a weak ending. The sex scenes from seemed tacked on and out of place.
"Took some time getting there"
A great story. Sort of long treks of nothing in between moments of thrill. Overall a good story. Avanti.
"Not one of DeMille's best"
** spoiler alert ** This book was a rewritten shorter work from the 70s. It should have probably been left shorter. This novel is way too long and plodding. The title would be more fitting if it were "Talking About the Quest" or "Planning a Quest." There is a TON of slow, tedious, only moderately interesting planning and discussing and preparing for the Grail quest. The relationship aspect was apparently grafted on for the novel and wow, is it frustrating. The lead female character just needs to make her mind up about the man she wants! After the long, sometimes interminable leadup to the quest, the team encounters a character that confirms of their speculations and the book speeds to a quick finish, including a pretty predictable encounter with the book's main bad guy.
Probably not when I compare this novel to other books written by Nelson Demille
This book was a huge disappointment. Other books by this author are usually 5 Star. Scott Brick again delivers a fine performance, but the book was too long for the plot. The description of Ethiopia during the 70's revolution is much appreciated, but the story itself was average.
The very beginning about the priest's captivity and escape.
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Elizabeth Bagaaya-Nyabongo gives no hint of missing her international renown of the late Sixties and Seventies, but then she knows that fame is a fickle companion. Twenty years ago her name was splattered over newspapers around the world, the subject of lurid gossip which refused to die away even after she successfully sued 15 publications in Britain, France, Germany and Italy. It was her dismissal from government by Idi Amin (whose marriage proposal she had rebuffed) for alleged misconduct in a public lavatory at Paris's Orly airport which gave birth to Private Eye's sniggering euphemism "discussing Ugandan affairs".
Such was her build-up that I was in a state of some agitation before our dinner engagement in Kampala at the weekend. Her cuttings file dealt in nothing short of superlatives: ''Once considered one of the most beautiful women in the world''; ''one of the first three African women to be admitted to Cambridge University and the first to be admitted to the English Bar Association''; ''the first black woman to have been given a spread in Vogue, the first to appear on the cover of Harper's Bazaar''; ''the first woman to have served as Uganda's minister of foreign affairs and the first to be its ambassador to the United States''.
The blurb on the back of her 1989 autobiography, Elizabeth of Toro: Odyssey of an African Princess - which was thoughtfully delivered to my hotel - was no less breathless. All hyperbole spent, it settled for describing her as ''one of the most extraordinary women of our time''.
Could the hotel's gourmet restaurant (''Candlelight dinner with sophisticated food and wines'') possibly satisfy the exacting tastes of such a goddess? In the end, I need not have worried. The Princess suggested meeting in a local Chinese restaurant. She arrived wearing a sort of short-sleeved red pinafore. She wore no jewels or make-up, her hair was scraped back into two pigtails and she carried a plastic British Airways bag. She would be quite happy if we ordered nothing but spring rolls, she said.
These days the Princess spends most of her time in the western kingdom of Toro, one of the most fertile areas of Uganda and the only part to have been heavily settled by British farmers during the colonial period. Abolished by President Milton Obote in 1967, the ancient monarchy of Toro was restored by President Yoweri Museveni two years ago.
''I'd really like to put Toro on the international map,'' says the Princess, a 50-something widow whose husband died in a plane crash in 1986. ''I want to see tourists coming there.''
Princess Elizabeth, who has already refurbished the shrine of the first king of Toro, is now putting the finishing touches to a cultural centre for the preservation of the kingdom's heritage. Another project is the rebuilding of Toro's royal palace, which was destroyed during the Obote regime.
She also travels regularly: Paris, Frankfurt, LA. Last year she spent five months in London while her niece - the King's daughter - was being treated for leukaemia. "England is a natural home for me," she said. "I receive many invitations to go there. Earlier this year I visited Princess Anne, my royal counterpart in Britain, and we had a lot to discuss."
At present she is living in a house in Kampala which, she says, has been "lent" to her by the government. Another diplomatic posting might well be on the cards. But it is to Toro and its culture that she always returns. If she can inculcate some sense of history in Toro youth, she says, then she feels she will have achieved something with her life.
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Junior Gandhi has been severely criticised recently by many leaders mostly by old guards for debacle in Parliamentary poll as he was chief poll campaigner. Some openly took cudgel against him while some did it in diplomatic manner, but conclusion was drawn that some people mostly from oldies were hatching plan against Congress vice-president.
There must be some personal interest of both the groups, but the important question is whether congress party can afford this internal squabbling at this juncture, when Assembly elections in important states like Haryana, Maharashtra and J & K is couple of months away.
Precursor of fighting- Dwivedi and Digvijay's comment
This chasm between two groups recently came to fore after senior leaders Janardan Dwivedi and Digvijay Singh gave their statements which particularly didn't augur well within Rahul loyalists.
Dwivedi had said that a leader having age more than 60-70 should't play active role in party and rather leave it to other leaders of below age. He said this when asked about his view on what happened in BJP where senior leaders like L.K. Advani and M.M. Joshi was marginalised after doing so much for party in these years.
Interestingly, most important Congress leaders including, party chief Sonia Gandhi, A.K. Antony, Motilal Vora, Digvijaya Singh, Karan Singh, Mohsina Kidwai, Ambika Soni and R.K. Dhawan are above 65 years of age currently.
Dwivedi said, "I am not saying that they should retire but the posts which require a lot of running around and physical capacity should be held by people younger. There are other responsibilities that elder leaders can take up but they should keep away from active posts".
But in politics more than wording, people usually are interested in reading between lines.
And party leaders interpreted this according to their own convenience. Some said it was his personal view while other took as he was making ground before AICC expansion. Speculation is rife that Rahul will influx it with leaders having cut off age 45.
This is not enough when other senior leader Digvijay Singh raised question mark over Rahul's ability and attributed it to his reticent approach largely. Though this is very common as so many other leaders also did the same in recent past.
"Rahul Gandhi's silence on critical issues was also a factor leading to the party losing the war of perception (to BJP)", Singh reportedly said.
According to the First post report, recently two Rahul's aides CP Joshi and Madhusudan Mistry who are considered eyes and ears of party vice-president were dropped from the screening committees.
Both groups are exchanging barb against each others
Young brigade which is mainly of 16 AICC secretaries, appointed by Rahul Gandhi before the Lok Sabha election recently under the knife for rout in Lok Sabha poll.
But these people are saying old guards of 12 general secretaries are equally responsible for party's fiasco as they were also part of consultation process when Lok Sabha tickets were being distributed. Young brigade is of the view that Rahul can't be blamed for each and every action of the Government and seniors must learn to take the responsibility.
According to a DNA report, Rahul loyalists group of secretaries have planned to take on the old guards and for that they have met twice in last 24 hour. The report further stated that they also shot off a letter regarding the issue to all general secretaries saying think twice before blaming Gandhi heir.
"There's an attempt to create doubts about Rahul Gandhi's leadership abilities, and one ploy has been to raise the Priyanka bogey. We know the future lies with Rahul but some seniors are more worried about their own future. "Instead blaming , they should introspect within," one of the secretary said.
Lashing out at these linchpins of Gandhi family, secretary further said, that these leaders enjoyed power without any accountability and capablity of these general secretaries can be gauged from fact that many of them even can't fetch a vote.
"Rahul Gandhi is the undisputed leader of the Congress and there is no question of undermining his leadership. Ten years of anti-incumbency is not Rahul's fault", Rajiv Satav, Congress MP from Hingoli said in more assertive manner.
Rahul group has even warned old guards to either mend their ways else they will have to place up their 10 years report card which will expose their ability which they brag about.
Failed as principal Opposition in 100 days
Though it is justified that Narendra Modi Government must be asked what tangible things they did in 100 days, but why same can't be applied to principal Opposition party. Congress party fought tooth and nail to get LoP post but any point of time their high command thought that whether they deserve that post or not.
Rahul Gandhi who is either known for his 'slumber mode' or jumping to the well episode but tot for raising any valid question. Adding to this the recent one where junior Gandhi questioned Modi's indifferent attitude towards domestic politics and enjoying drum beat and all at foreign soil.
Notably, that frustration somewhere was linked with Amethi incident where Congress heir was questioned for severe power crisis.
Raising big question mark over Modi Government, Rahul said, "They made big promises but where is the result? They might have forgotten so let me remind them. They said they will change the country, bring down prices, reduce corruption. 100 days are over.
"At least begin working now. People say they have not even started working. The PM is playing drum in Japan while there is no electricity here amd prices are rising".
Survey predicts rout in coming election but that doesn't worry top command
After seeing dirty linen is being washed out in public, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that this squabbling must end immediately.
Though other leaders are also trying hard to douse this fire by patching up between two groups but then damage has already been done . At a time when party is struggling with dissentions and other serious issues, this will surely dampen party's electrol prospect.
A survey as per Economic times report say that Congress party will have to swallow their pride once again in coming elections. The party will be routed in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand Assembly poll.
So dynasty party is really on tough wicket and top leaders should focus to strengthen the party collectively, putting their difference aside. Otherwise be ready for facing another dark spell of humiliation.


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