The phone tapping controversy has politicos running scared. One look at their conversations tells us why
True to its tradition of investigative journalism, Businessworld has obtained the transcripts of the tapped phone conversations of leading politicians. Here are some shocking excerpts:
Jayalalithaa
Jayalalithaa: (whispering) Er… About the other thing I told you about… did you get it?
Anonymous: Yes yes… don't worry. But it'll cost you quite a bit.
Jayalalithaa: Money is no object. It must work.
Anon: It's guaranteed to. Don't fret-all those pounds you've stacked up over the years will be taken care of. Within a month.
Jayalalithaa: And I hope nobody knows anything about our deal?
Anon: Not a soul. Twenty pounds a week, that's a hundred pounds a month. You'll have to buy a completely new wardrobe.
Jayalalithaa: (squealing with excitement): Oooh. Get it quickly, please. I just can't wait to try out my brand new Super Fast Miracle Slimming Sauna Belt.
Mulayam Singh
Mulayam Singh: (conspiratorially) This has to be done in the strictest confidence.
Anon: Of course, sir. We'll set it up in a special room next to your office. You'll have access to it through a secret door.
Mulayam: And there'll be nobody else there, right?
Anon: Of course not. Just you, a TV set and the guys you want to see -Hulk Hogan, Yokozuna, The Undertaker, The Showstopper ….
Mulayam: (with a sigh of relief) There'll be hell to pay if this leaks out. But I miss my old wrestling days so much, and the only way to keep in touch is by watching WWF on TV. Did you see that bout where Hulk bashes Yokozuna over the head while simultaneously kicking him on the shin?
Anon: My lips are sealed, sir.
Chandrababu Naidu
Naidu: Look, if my wife finds out, I've had it.
Anon: Relax boss, how on earth will she know?
Naidu: What if she catches me red-handed?
Anon: You're not going to keep them at your home, are you? You can do whatever you want with them at your office, and she'll never know.
Naidu: (confidently) Ok, here's what I want. First, a Toshiba Qosimo laptop with 17-inch widescreen, TV-tuner board with S-video and multi-format DVD/CD burner. Second, a Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. And third, an Archos AV 500 100-GB drive personal video player. Got that?
Anon: I'll send them to your office, sir.
Naidu: I'll pay you in cash. If my wife finds out I've been buying more gadgets, she'll kill me.
Amar Singh
Amar Singh: I was with Preity Zinta.
Reporter: Really?
Amar Singh: You bet. With Aishwarya Rai also.
Reporter: Wow.
Amar Singh: And with Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty together.
Reporter: At your age?
Amar Singh: Why? Parameshwar Godrej was also there.
Reporter: Where?
Amar Singh: Page 3, Bombay Times, of course. What did you think?
L.K. Advani
Advani: You understand that I need absolute secrecy about this?
Anon: Rest assured, sir, nobody will ever know.
Advani: You can't come to my house. Where do we meet?
Anon: What about Lodhi Gardens at midnight?
Advani: 2 a.m. sounds better.
Anon: Ok, I'll meet you there with the books on Jinnah that you want.
Advani: Shhhh. Don't mention his name. If the Sangh Parivar knows I'm reading books on him, my political career will be finished
Courtesy:-Business World
