145;It hurts to see a foreigner at helm146;

The oldest elected candidate in elections 2004, is coming to Delhi tomorrow and will head straight to AIIMS for a check-up before he takes oath as MP. That he was a two-time MLA from the Congress does not come in the way of his attack of the party in not spelling out the leader8217;s name before.

Veerappa began his political career in the 30s but became a marked man when he opposed the Razzakars planting bombs against the Nizam of Hyderabad and was sentenced for life at the infamous Kalapani, until Vallabbhai Patel8217;s announcement annexing Hyderabad to India.

A free man, Veerappa opted for the Congress and became an MLC, and then an MLA till he changed course and joined the BJP.