The nowhere men

8226;Manjunath Kunnur: BJP MP from Dharwad South has a Congress background; said to be trying to get back into the Congress.

8226;Brij bhushan Sharan Singh: BJP MP from Balrampur has been weaned away by the Samajwadi Party; was flaunted as a prize catch by the SP at a press conference in Delhi.

8226;Somabhai Patel: BJP MP from Surendranagar had a running feud with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi; was already suspended by the party; the Congress is said to be looking at his rehabilitation process sympathetically.

8226;D C Srikantappa: BJP MP representing Chikmagalur in the present House was suffering from throat cancer; passed away on August 4.

8226;Chandrabhan Singh: BJP MP from Damoh was in the news after the trust vote when his house was attacked by BJP workers; has since joined Uma Bharti8217;s Bhartiya Janashakti Party.

8226;Babubhai Katara: BJP MP from Dohad was suspended by the party after being caught in a case of human trafficking; is knocking the Congress doors, but the party is not too keen to induct him.

8226;Sukhdev Singh Libra: Shiromani Akali Dal MP from Ropar insists that he 8220;didn8217;t defy the party whip8221; and still nurses hope that he would get the SAD ticket to contest the LS election; party unlikely to oblige him.

8226;Harisingh Rathod: BJP MP from Yavatmal, once known as BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde8217;s confidant; was reported to be in talks with the Congress, but denied this when contacted. He belongs to the Banjara community.

8226;Tukaram Renge Patil: Shiv Sena MP from Parbhani is being wooed by the Congress; he, however, candidly admits that he would join the party that offers him a ticket from Parbhani. The NCP has the seat under a partnership arrangement with the Congress.

8226;P P Koya: JDU MP from Lakshadweep has been in touch with the NCP; he, however, claims that he is exploring legal means to reply to the Speaker8217;s notice.

8226;Ramswaroop Prasad: JDU MP from Nalanda had been having problems with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The Kurmi leader is knocking the doors of the RJD; no assurances yet though.

8226;Harihar Swain: BJD MP from Aska is a former Congress leader; hopes to get back to the Congress.

8226;Munawwar Hasan: This rebel SP MP from Muzaffarnagar has been assured party ticket for the next Lok Sabha elections by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati; likely to be the BSP candidate from Kairana seat in Muzaffarnagar district.

8226;Jai Prakash Rawat: Another rebel Samajwadi Party MP from Mohanlal Ganj SC, defied the party whip and voted against the trust vote in Parliament on July 22; has been assured party ticket by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

8226;S P Singh Baghel: Rebel SP MP from Jalesar will also get a BSP ticket in the next Lok Sabha election and is likely to contest from Ferozabad.

8226;RajNaraayan Budholiya: SP MP from Hamirpur; Behenji had already decided to field Vijay Bahadur Singhnbsp;from Hamirpur-Mahoba Lok Sabha seat before he joined the BSP but has assured him that he would get his due.

8226;Shahid Siddiqui: The lone Rajya Sabha MP who deserted the Samajwadi Party ahead of the trust vote, hasnbsp;been nominated as the BSP candidate from the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat; also appointed national general secretary of the party.

8226;Atique Ahmed: Currently in jail on criminal charges, he represents the Phoolpur Lok Sabha seat. He is definitely not going to get Phoolpur.nbsp;Thenbsp;immediatenbsp;relief for Atique is that the police pressure has been taken off him.

8226;Afzal Ansari: Elder brother of Ghazipur don, Mukhtar Ansari, is in jail on criminal charges; the BSP isnbsp;likely to field Mukhtar Ansari instead of Afzal from Ghazipur.