the pune municipal corporation recently had some unusual visitors three sadhus entered the corporation building and proceeded towards the civic general body meeting hall only to be stopped by security personnel the sadhus said they must meet the politicians for their own good when the security guard wondered what work they could have with corporators one of the sadhus said that six years ago he had rightly predicted that mauli shirvalkar would be the mayor of pune shirvalkar will still recognise me even shashikant sutar knows me allow me to go inside and they will greet me said the holy one to prove his point he pulled out a photo album and showed his pictures with different politicians besides flaunting a letter he claimed shirvalkar had given him the security man told him shirvalkar and sutar no longer held any official posts whereupon the sadhus argued that others would benefit as they would predict who would be the next mayor undeterred the security man refused the three entry i am sure to lose my job if i let you in he said and if you are such a great astrologer you should have known that i am not going to let you in he said more than beating the crystal gazers at their own game no holds barred when it comes to ridiculing opponents politicians literally have a field day and if it is an election campaign the politicos generally follow the noholdsbarred approach in pune to launch his partys civic poll campaign maharashtra pradesh congress committee mpcc president govindrao adik spared no incident in the recent past to make a mockery of the bharatiya janata party recalling the disturbing visuals showing former bjp chief bangaru laxman accepting a wad of notes from the tehelka journalists adik said he was embarrassed to tell people that he had stayed in the same house in delhi where the secret video was shot during his stint as a rajya sabha mp i have sat on the same table in the same house as mr laxman did but unfortunately was not able to do what the bjp chief did he joked slyly he also claimed that old servants in that delhi bungalow who had served both him and laxman used to say that laxman actually took pains to count every note received from the undercover journalists one of them narrated how the bjp chief even returned the soiled notes and asked them to be replaced he added in election campaigning as in war no quarter is given or asked for mad drive if you see huge banners and convoys of vehicles dashing through the streets loudspeakers blaring its not rival parties clamouring for attention with the civic polls just a month away but aspiring candidates vying for the attention of their various high commands huge processions including vehicle rallies are being organised to impress the party bosses and win a ticket as if this is not enough they are going to the extent of