Power centers in the corridors of power, Extra Con

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<b>No ‘Videshi’ loo for Sonia, Congmen panic</b> <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->

KOCHI: How important is an easily accessible ‘videshi’ loo near the venue of your party president's election meeting? Ask the Congress organisers in Ernakulam who realised its importance on Wednesday.

Utter confusion prevailed minutes before Sonia Gandhi reached the venue on Wednesday <b>as contractors had built an Indian-style toilet for emergency use by the VVIP</b>. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>``How can she...? You know she can't. Something has to be done,'' pointed out Excise Minister K.V.Thomas even as he gave orders to open a VIP room in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.</b> <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>``Please ask someone to clean it. We need to be prepared</b>,'' <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> he was heard telling someone on phone.

But all preparations went waste as Sonia had enough time to rest and take a quick bite as the Tiruvalla meeting was washed out. Ruling out the possibility of flying in bad weather, the SPG decided to take the road.

``We were told to be prepared. Security officers had given us an advance notice that the Tiruvalla meeting may be cancelled in case Sonia cannot use a helicopter due to the climate. So we had readied the KSEB guest house just opposite the stadium,'' sources said.