ஆவிகளோடு பேசும் பிரதீபா பட்டீல்

காங்கிரஸ் தலைவி சோனியா காந்தியால் பொறுக்கி எடுக்கப்பட்ட ஜனாதிபதிக்கான காங்கிரஸ் வேட்பாளர் பிரதீபா பட்டீல், ஆவிகளோடு பேசியதாக குறிப்பிட்டார்.

இளம் இந்தியர்களுக்கு அறிவியல், தொழில்நுட்பம், வளர்ச்சி, உழைப்பு என்று அறிவுறுத்திய அப்துல் கலாமின் இடத்தில் ஆவியோடு பேசினேன் என்று பேசும் பிரதீபா பட்டீலா என்று கவலைப்படுகிறார்கள்.

I had communion with dead godman, says Pratibha
Pioneer News Servicer | New Delhi

UPA presidential nominee Pratibha Patil has landed in a fresh controversy for claiming to be in communion with spirits.

As if she had not learnt any lesson from her controversial purdah remark, Pratibha committed another gaffe while speaking at a conference organised by the Brahma Kumaris sect at Mount Abu on Monday.

"I had a very happy experience here. The Baba came into the body of Hriday Mohini Dadiji. I did not know that he still talks. I thought he will say something and I will listen. But he had a chat with me and put me into difficulty. He also made me very lucky," said Pratibha Patil, according to an NDTV report.

The Baba she is taking about is the founder of the sect who died in 1969.

Pratibha says she spoke to his spirit through the medium of Hriday Mohini - the present head at Mount Abu centre.

Pratibha's superstitious remarks stunned the political circles and left the Congress and allies gasping for breath.

When grilled by the media, a visibly embarrassed CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat told mediapersons that they should go and ask the Congress about their choice of Pratibha and not us. "Our support was not conditioned that a candidate should be an atheist," he said.

Pratibha's remarks would also contrast with the scientific doctrines preached by President APJ Abdul Kalam for five years at each and every public function.

And despite the efforts of the Congress, for Pratibha Patil the road to Rashtrapati Bhawan may be getting bumpier with failed cooperative banks and murder charges against relatives popping up as stumbling blocks.