Congress corporators convey their demand to High Command
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, Congress corporators have demanded Bollywood sensation Kareena Kapoor be fielded from Bhopal. It is being said openly that Kareena can ensure party’s win from Bhopal seat since the party is losing at this seat for the past 40 years.
Corporator Yogendra Singh Chauhan and other party corporators claimed the actress would be the most suitable candidate to defeat the BJP in the Bhopal seat, held by the saffron party since long. Claiming Congress ticket for Bhopal’s daughter-in-law Kareena Kapoor, Congress corporators haver urged the party president Rahul Gandhi to field Kareena Kapoor Khan from the Bhopal constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Pataudi lost election
Kareena Kapoor Khan is the wife of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, who is the son of former Indian cricketer late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, scion of the erstwhile Bhopal state. Pataudi had in 1991 unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha poll from Bhopal, a BJP bastion, on Congress’s ticket.
Cong has no leader to take on BJP
Taking a swipe at Chouhan, BJP MP Alok Sanjar dubbed the corporators’ move as entertaining. We are too strong in the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat as our MPs have worked for its all-round development, he said.
When asked as what would be their strategy if the actress was fielded from the seat, Sanjar said it was not proper for him to comment on such a hypothetical question. The demand has proved the fact that the Congress has no leader to take on the BJP in Bhopal, he added.