So what have our saffron leaders been up to? Well, they've been tangling themselves into knots over Bihar. Here's the run down.

First, they went red in the face screaming from rooftops that the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar deserved to be dismissed. So when the Ranveer Sena, a band of upper caste, fascist thugs (now, who does that sound like?) decided to massacre some unarmed Dalits, thereby exhibiting their yellow streak, the Government decided that the Rashtriya Janata Dal sarkar was history.

So, they went to the President with their submission. And since he had no option, having rejected their prior proposal, he issued a proclamation to that effect.

The BJP, however, made one teeny error; they overlooked the fact that the coalition is a minority in the upper house, the Rajya Sabha. The batteries in their calculator must have worn out after all the figures Yashwant Sinha had to fudge. For the proclamation to be passed, both houses of Parliament have to pass it. They depended on their white knight - the Congress!

The Congress did what it does best, hemmed and hawed. Taking this for a ``yes'', thereby proving that the party's think tank is a contradiction in terms, the BJP gloated. And, yes, promised to sack State Governor Sunder Singh Bhandari, a die-hard RSS pracharak. Bhandari would have none of that. He screamed blue murder causing the Government to go crimson with embarrassment at having to retain him.

So, the Congress was miffed and since there was no agreement in black and white, and faster than you can squirt a pitchkari, it passed a resolution stating it would vote against the ouster of the Bihar Government.

So, the BJP huffed and puffed and went redder in the face, accusing the Congress of a great betrayal. And realised that it would be beaten, black and blue, if the matter came to a vote in the Rajya Sabha.

Hey, so what? Prove a point, they crowed, even though that point may be quite pointless. Win the vote in the Lok Sabha, they said.

And, while they were doing so, the Home Ministry could examine the grey areas in the matter and find some way of keeping the Rabri Devi dispensation from being restored. After all, the Supreme Court ruling does note that that has to be done within two months if the proclamation of Article 356 is not ratified within that period.

Great! They begged and pleaded, went down on their knees before dodgy, doubting allies and succeeded. Then they said, ``We kept our pride.''

What now? Lots of options. Go to the Rajya Sabha and lose is the honorable one. And then restore the RJD Government. But come on, would this Government adopt this course? 'Course not. Instead, there's talk of approaching the Supreme Court. Or, as the sarkari spinmeisters whisper into every passing ear, arrive at a ``compromise'' with the Congress!!! Then again blame that on the bhang.

NOTE: In case this sequence of events sounds truly ridiculous, remember we talking of Lalooland. Here's a nice one for the BJP's strategists to mull over: Type Bihar in a Word documents, run spell check and see what you get.