In Gujarat, the all-powerful Shah-and-Shah has for once been bested by Patel rap. In the land of the dhokla, the ruling party was forced to admit someone had given it a dhokha. Never before in the history of Indian news television has so much air time been spent on a single Rajya Sabha seat as on Gujarat’s recent Rajya Soap-a opera. While BJP attempted to stage a Hum Log by gathering all MLAs under its umbrella, Congress’s Ahmed Patel proved that it’s best not to meddle with the old guard kyonki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi.
The Gujarat face-off was also like a T20 match where the scoreboard kept shifting every hour. The eventual winner in the Amit Shah vs Ahmed Read More
