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Will Kiran Bedi prove to be BJP’s Trump Card?

Will Kiran Bedi prove to be BJP’s Trump Card? By  Deepak Parvatiyar January 21, 2015 When stuck in Delhi’s traffic jam during the evening rush hours on the evening of October 31 last year, Kiran Bedi abandoned her car midway to hitch a ride to the United Nations Information Centre’s office to attend the launch of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. This time she has hitched a ride yet again and the destination is Delhi Chief Minister’s residence! Unlike the October adventure, when the driver was unknown, the January venture seems well calculated. She has got the lift from none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself and her political journey has got a dream start! Bickering within BJP over Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi’s induction into the party was initiated by Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah themselves. Together the triumvirate seem to have gate-crashed into the much vaunted cadre-system of the party and despite being a total outsider, who was even