MY INDIA, MY VOTE With the two major political parties coming out with their list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, the heat is really on. And like the previous years, there are some mouthwatering clashes which are going to spice up this poll season.
In the Capital, former Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy - now a BJP leader - and Congress general secretary Ajay Maken could go head to head in the prestigious New Delhi constituency, despite the fact that both parties are yet to announce the name of the candidates.
While Maken has wasted no time in having top athletes like Olympic medal winning boxers Mary Kom and Vijender Singh champion his cause, Swamy - like most BJP candidates - is basking in Modi's glory and banking on issues like price rise and corruption.
In Haryana's Gurgaon parliamentary constituency, the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party's aggressive campaigning catapulted it to the list of frontline contenders. The AAP has fielded senior party leader Yogendra Yadav, who is up against three-time Congress MP Rao Inderjit Singh who, earlier in February, switched loyalties to join the BJP. While Singh is emblematic of royalty in the dynastic politics of southern Haryana, the AAP wave could prove to be stiff challenge for him.
The most interesting battle could be witnessed in Bihar's Pataliputra with Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti taking on the BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav, who switched allegiance to the saffron party from the RJD. Lalu's tainted image coupled with his decision to launch his daughter from such an important constituency could boomerang for the RJD.
It won't be smooth sailing for BJP vicepresident Ananth Kumar in Bangalore south. The five-time sitting MP is up against Infosys co-founder and UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, who has taken the Internet by storm and hoping that the support he is getting in the social media will translate into votes.
In Punjab's Bathinda, it is a battle between the Badals. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's daughterin-law Harsimrat Kaur, the sitting MP, will take on his nephew Manpreet Singh Badal, president of the People's Party of Punjab which has forged an alliance with the Congress.
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