Switching sides

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is in trouble with his party leadership for being critical of the party disrupting the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. At the other end of the political spectrum, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi has publicly disagreed with his party on the hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon. The troubles of the two MPs have prompted several conspiracy theories, including how both might be more comfortable if they were to switch parties. A senior politician said the Congress and BJP should trade the two MPs, at least temporarily. This, he said, could lead to a varied experience not just for the two men in question, but also for their political parties.