With alliances breaking down and new ones emerging almost overnight, friends have turned foes with a vengeance and the invective is flying thick and fast. Some exchanging "civilities" are old enemies like BJP and Congress, but the political cauldron is boiling over with fresh animosities as well.
The UNPA meltdown following the Samajwadi Party pole-vaulting into the UPA's backyard in defence of the India-US nuclear deal has set off a chain reaction that has seen Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh at the receiving end of some strong words.
In his inimitable style, INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala warned the SP against repeating "past mistakes".
"They have been insulted earlier... now for the third consecutive time, they want to be insulted. It is for them to decide if they want to be insulted again," said Chautala.
Another UNPA leader, Asom Gana Parishad's Brindaban Goswami, made it abundantly clear that he would not share the same space with SP, saying, "If SP does not leave UNPA, we will."
On his part, Amar Singh projected wounded innocence while reacting to the 'compliments' he was receiving from his former third front colleagues: "I don't know why TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu and Chautala are criticizing us. Nothing has changed since the last meeting of the UNPA."
Obviously though, the SP defence that it had not given any "commitment" to the Congress had failed to wash with its wrathful partners.
Not to be left behind, the BJP plunged in, with L K Advani describing the UPA’s revolving door strategy of dumping and acquiring allies as the "theatre of the absurd".
All players took themselves seriously though, with Chautala not batting an eyelid as he said that UNPA minus Mulayam stood together like a rock and those who shared its ideology were welcome to join.
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