No sharing,all for a seat: same family,different poll colours

Earlier this year,Avtar Singh Badhana won the Faridabad Lok Sabha seat for the second consecutive time. But his sister Daya Badhana fell foul of the Congress rule — no relative,but for a sitting MLA,would get nomination — and failed to get a Congress ticket from either Ferozpur Jhirka,Punhana or Badkhal seats. Result: she is contesting on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Punhana.

Mayawati’s elephant is also the reigning colour for Badhana’s elder brother,former MLA Kartar Singh Badhana (contesting from Badkhal),his wife Shyamwati (from NIT),and son Manmohan (Samalkha,in Panipat district).

Badhana himself was with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) before joining the Congress. Brother Kartar Singh has moved from the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) to Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) before joining BSP.

Next comes Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh. While he has been associated with the Congress his entire political career,younger brother Rao Ajit Singh is the state’s vice-president of INLD and is contesting from Ateli in Narnaul district for the Vidhan Sabha.

Rao Inderjeet’s youngest brother Rao Yadvendra Singh has stuck with the ruling and is contesting on a Congress ticket from Kosli seat in Rewari.

BJP candidate from Gurgaon constituency Umesh Aggarwal has a different story: while none of his relatives are in the poll fray,both his brothers,Rakesh and Hitesh,and parents are “hardcore” Congress supporters. As Rakesh Aggarwal said: “Our votes are for Rahul Gandhi — all other parties make tall claims and do no work.”