AnUPriya has nowhere to go

Anupriya Patel, MP from Apna Dal, is in a fix. She was brought on board by the BJP as her party had pockets of influence in Varanasi where Narendra Modi was contesting from. But then her mother expelled her from Apna Dal, which has splintered into several groups. Anupriya was hoping that she would be made a Minister of State at the Centre, but has now been told by the BJP that she would have to join the BJP for that. Anupriya is reluctant, but does not have much option as charting an independent course may spell the end of her career.