Mumbai confidential: Election Attire

Ahead of the BMC elections, which is not believed to be too far off, several corporators have started tailoring their sartorial choices in line with their constituency — at least on posters. In areas with a considerable Gujarati population, photographs of corporators on hoardings show them wearing saree in the Gujarati style with the pleats falling on the right side as against the Maharashtrian style. Given the narrow margins in the corporation elections, aspirants want to reach out to as many voters as possible.

Political Bonhomie

At a time when the state is witnessing cut-throat political competition so much that top BJP leadership did not attend the wedding of NCP state president Jayant Patil’s son despite an invitation, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis spent two hours at a book launch event organised by Satyajeet Tambe, former state chief of youth Congress. NCP leader Ajit Pawar gave the event a miss, but Congress’s Balasaheb Thorat was in attendance as Tambe is his nephew. Many in the corridors of power wondered about the reason behind such bonhomie between members of the two rival political parties.