Four-and-a-half-year-old Sadhna Bharti of Vishwas Nagar, New Delhi was the most sought after orator by various political parties for campaign during assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.Sadhna is a kindergarten student of Hansraj Memorial School in Krishna Nagar. She starts her speech with the "Gayatri Mantra" and as she progresses the people listen with rapt attention, marvelling at the profundity of her rhetoric.Her father, Rajesh Rajput, is himself a politician. "We are not campaigning for any party, but only canvassing for individual candidates who are dedicated and honest," he says.

Dressed in a colourful skirt and top, Baby Sadhna is not in the least intimidated by the surging crowds who come to see her speak. Like the other kids of her age she loves to play and eat ice creams and chocolates.But she is totally transformed when she takes the dais. She delivers hour-long speeches in Hindi on subjects as varied as unemployment, dowry deaths, plight of women, corruption and other social evils.Sadhna came into limelight in January this year when she gave her maiden speech in front of UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. Impressed by her oration, he gave her a cheque and said that she would become the Prime Minister of the country one day.Her name is being considered for inclusion in the Limca Book Records and Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s youngest orator.

Were Mr. Harkishan Surjeet’s recent statements charging the BJP with the attacks on Christians aimed at wooing away the Christians towards his party? Yes, it were, was what Dr. Yuhanon MarPhiloxinos, president of the Malabar Bishop Council, has said recently in Kozhikode, Kerala."BJP has nothing to do with the recent attacks on Christian missionaries in the country and by blaming Hindutva forces for the assaults, CPI-M is only trying to derive political advantage of the situation", added the Bishop in a letter to BJP’s national executive member and state general secretary P.S. Sreedharan Pillai.

Mr. Pillai had earlier written to 21 Christian religious heads in the country to find out if his party was in anyway found involved in the recent attacks on the minority community, including Jhabua nun rape case.Bishop Dr. Yuhanon further said that none of the 24 accused mentioned in the chargesheet filed in the Jhabua rape case had any connections with the BJP.Charging CPI-M’s general secretary Surjeet Singh with adopting an "antagonist" approach towards the BJP, the Bishop said CPI-M leader should not have "malicious" intentions in dealing with such serious issues.