No DiMPLe-PriyAnKA Joint shoW

Even before the SP-Congress alliance was sealed, there were posters in Allahabad depicting both Dimple Yadav and Priyanka Gandhi. But despite that promise, the two have not made any joint appearance, nor are likely to. There are two reasons for this. One is that the SP’s plan to have Jaya Bachchan campaigning along with Dimple has not won any kudos in the Congress camp. The second is that the Congress is a bit worried about Ramgopal Yadav’s comments claiming that Akhilesh has the makings of a Prime Minister. Which is now making the Congress wonder about Rahul’s grand plan for a 2019 alliance — will this alliance have Akhlesh supporting RaGa as PM or the other way round? When asked by NewsX, Akhilesh had laughed away the suggestion of having prime ministerial ambitions, stating that he was happy in Lucknow. He even claimed that if people leave Lucknow they don’t do so well in Delhi. Well, his father certainly didn’t fare so well, but what is to stop Akhilesh from trying?