After returning to Congress from BJP on LS poll eve, prominent politician Chaudhury Birender Singh and his then MP son Brijendra Singh found themselves in limbo. After winning his Hissar seat on BJP symbol, ex-IAS babu Brijendra was supposed to receive a Congress ticket, but AICC Congress gave it to Hooda loyalist Jai Prakash. A little bird said neither AICC nor Haryana party brass supported Brinjendra when Congress CEC chose Haryana candidates.
All eyes on Ajay Maken’s move
AAP and Congress supporters in Delhi are asking when Ajay Maken, a prominent Delhi Congress leader, will launch a full campaign for the seven LS candidates.
Since Maken, a former Delhi CM and now a Karnataka Rajya Sabha MP, was a staunch critic of AAP and CM Kejriwal and had commented on the ‘Sheesh Mahal scam‘ on renovating CM Kejriwal’s official residence, they are waiting to see how much the AAP-Congress deal has’reformed’ him and how much his much-laboured Rajya Sabha entry has’mellowed’ him.
Wearing faith on sleeves
Sharad Pawar and his family have never worn their faith on their sleeves throughout their decades in power.
Sharad Pawar and daughter Supriya Sule claim progressivism. Anti-superstition groups in the state have used the Pawar family as poster boys. At least till now. Sule told a campaign narrative about a snake that landed on her father as he slept and made him Chief Minister eight days later. Naturally, progressive family members had crimson faces.
