Who is Antulay's target ?

Even as the Congress is dilly-dallying on the decision as to retain Antulay in the cabinet or not, it seems to have been caught in its own web. Or has it not realised that Antulay is actually pointing fingers at his own party colleagues.

Every extra minute the congress takes to crack down on him is providing some extra credence to Antulay's remarks.

Antulay started off saying Hemant Karkare's death should be probed. He later retracted and changed his version, now suggesting that Hemant Karkare may have actually fallen for the terrorists bullets, but is demanding a probe to ascertain who had ordered Karkare to be there when he was shot at.

If we look from a cynic's view, the controversy has erupted because Karkare, before the terror attacks on Mumbai, was investigating the alleged role of supposed Hindu terrorists in the Malegoan blasts case, and raising a question on his death was nothing but suggesting that there was a role played in it by people who did not like the man investigating the Malegaon blasts case.

The role of elements from our country being directly responsible for Karkare's death stands ruled out, as Antulay is now not questioning Karkare's death but seeking to know whose orders made sure Karkare was at the Kama Hospital.

The simple reasoning is that nobody other than some highly placed officials of the Maharasthra Police or Govt., or an elected representative who was at the helm of the affairs can order an official of Karkare's stature to go and be somewhere.

Now the dilemma. Is Antulay suspecting the govt of Maharashtra, which is being lead by the Congress-his own party, or any other highly placed bureaucrat. Should he really suspect the role of any goverment servant, Police or otherwise, the Congress, I guess, would be least hesitant to order a probe into the matter.

But what if Antulay is pointing the finger of suspicion at elected officials who undoubtedly belong either to the Congress or its ruling partner the NCP ? This would cause a lot of embarassment to the party. Would it not ? Because this version aims to point at a supposed nexus between some Congress party leaders and supposed religious extremists, which if true, would not only damage the reputation but also destroy the party as well. Well then, is this the reason the Congress is taking too much of a time to decide on the Antulay's fate ?

Or is this conspiracy theory all trash and the Congress' leadership is a bunch of spineless people, as they have proven to be more so often in the recent past, that is reluctant to cleanse itself of a rotten tomato within its ranks for fear of losing the minority vote as the man in question, who is gone rogue in my opinion, is from a minority community ?

I would like to believe the last reasoning is true as it is easier to digest and earlier versions are nightmarish.