B Raman is the last word in conspiracy theories - it is unsurprising that he ascribes naivete as the reason for Advani's pronouncements. Advani is a lot smarter than his long standing detractors in the Congress as well as the new ones spawned by his words. In one fell sweep Advani has made the criminal Togadia look ridiculous as well as had the previously impossible situation of the Congress accusing him of using the word secular - a heretofore congress prerogative. If Mr.Raman stopped for a moment and read the Pakistani press, he would also stop imagining a Musharaf doubling over a scotch.
