It was quite a motley collection of speakers who had responded to the Jamait’s call. From ex-PM V.P. Singh to Communist leader A.B. Bardhan and former BJP MP J.K. Jain, they were all there. Jain, whom the BJP had expelled for his ‘pro-Muslim’ attitude, had come with a resolution protesting Bush’s visit, hoping to get it passed. It was, but not before Bardhan got his own take in, calling Bush an imperialist dictator. In between, expelled SP member Raj Babbar roared, "The dog is man’s faithful friend. Bush is not." The Maidan reverberated with tremendous applause from a crowd holding aloft posters of Bush resembling a blood-thirsty animal.