Marking the ninth anniversary of her alliance at the Centre, Sonia Gandhi has dispelled all talk of a divide and came out in strong defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. She also adopted an aggressive tone to attack the BJP, who she has calls an obstructionist party. But on the sidelines, Mulayam Singh has made the headlines by skipping the anniversary dinner to that, Sonia says she's not disappointed.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Dr Chandan Mitra, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Pioneer' & MP, Rajya Sabha, BJP; Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister; Vinod Mehta, Editorial Chairman, 'Outlook'; and Kumar Ketkar, Chief Editor, 'Daily Divya Marathi', Bhaskar Group -- discuss if the anniversary war between Mulayam Yadav and the Congress is a countdown to the general election.