Sponsored Trip?

Shekhawat (in yellow) greets Yogiraj Dabhadkar

The travel bug seems to have got the better of whatever sanity there’s left in the Club. Why else should we expect the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sponsor a trip for us to Lonavala should its local candidate win in the civic polls on February 21?
“You will have to pay for our trip to-and-fro, food and lodging,” Shekhawat instructed Yogiraj Dabhadkar, the young BJP candidate who visited us a second time today (ref post of February 7) canvassing for votes. “We are around 40 members in the Club. Only if you promise to sponsor our trip to Lonavala shall we vote for you.”
Shekhawat had clean forgotten that the Club's demand last time around (as articulated by Karuna Waghmare) was for an all-expenses paid trip to Kolhapur. And like any eager politician anywhere, Dabhadkar did not disappoint this time also.
He however, had other issues weighing on his mind that he shared with us. He spoke of a raging “drugs menace” in the by-lanes of Yamuna Nagar which he promised to eradicate.

Mallika Kagzi revived her 'tea party'
(with nankhatai) after ages

The other big issue, he pointed out,

Geeta Latte  is holidaying
in Jaipur, Agra, etc.

was the illegal reclamation of marshy land and destruction of mangroves on the northern periphery of Lokhandwala.
“Already they have converted parts of the swamp area into a huge dumping ground for garbage,” Dabhadkar informed. “You cannot bear the stench in those parts. Can you imagine the foul odour that would envelope Lokhandwala if the entire area were to be turned into a dumping ground? I promise to reverse this if you elect me.”
While everybody nodded their heads gravely in silence, Shekhawat was on his own trip rambling about McDowell No 1 and his fauji (armed forces) background. Before leaving, Dabhadkar added that Geeta Latte’s “passport problem” had been addressed after he had "personally spoken to the concerned authorities”. Strangely, nobody spoke of dog poop this time!