Jaya Jaitley, general secretary of the Samata Party, says Sonia Gandhi is playing a dangerous and cynical game by manipulating the emotions of the Indian public. And I think the Indian public is very sensible, and shrewd and wise. But why she didn't do so in the last six years or so many years is something that every Indian citizen is also asking himself or herself. The Samata Party has proposed legislation that the top leadership posts including president, prime minister, and vice president be restricted to natural born Indians. The bill was put forward last year in parliament.
Some observers say Indian politics have taken a bizarre twist.
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