Delhi Confidential: Dear Voter…

Here, There, Where?

BSP’s Jaunpur MP Shyam Singh Yadav Sunday joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Agra. But his supporters wanted to know which party he was backing — the Congress or the SP. There are two reasons for the confusion. First, Yadav is eager to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jaunpur, but that seat has gone to the SP under its seat-sharing pact with the Congress.

Second, Jaunpur is adjacent to Varanasi, through which Rahul’s yatra had passed last week. Yadav, however, did not participate in that leg of the yatra. Instead he joined the Agra route where SP chief Akhilesh Yadav turned up. On Sunday, BSP chief Mayawati Sunday hinted she may deny tickets to those wandering “here and there” to suit their own interests.