<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party’s in-house theatrics over Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency seems to have not ended with Lal Krishna Advani’s reluctant acceptance of the party’s diktat to contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the patriarch opted out of Bhopal, the BJP has finally fielded Alok Sanjar – hitherto a little-known ‘office-secretary’ at the party’s headquarters in Madhya Pradesh capital – as its bet for the prestigious constituency. <br /><br />As the party brushed aside claims of several local heavyweights to pick him, Sanjar’s prospect has already been overshadowed by possibility of sabotage. <br /><br />The local BJP heavyweights, who had staked claim on Bhopal LS constituency, included Krishna, the mayor of the city and the daughter-in-law of the state Home Minister Babulal Gaur.<br /><br />Gaur was also the chief minister of the state for about a year before Shivraj Singh Chouhan took over in 2005. The veteran leader used his clout to the hilt to lobby for his daughter-in-law, but failed to secure the party’s nomination for her.</p>
<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party’s in-house theatrics over Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency seems to have not ended with Lal Krishna Advani’s reluctant acceptance of the party’s diktat to contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the patriarch opted out of Bhopal, the BJP has finally fielded Alok Sanjar – hitherto a little-known ‘office-secretary’ at the party’s headquarters in Madhya Pradesh capital – as its bet for the prestigious constituency. <br /><br />As the party brushed aside claims of several local heavyweights to pick him, Sanjar’s prospect has already been overshadowed by possibility of sabotage. <br /><br />The local BJP heavyweights, who had staked claim on Bhopal LS constituency, included Krishna, the mayor of the city and the daughter-in-law of the state Home Minister Babulal Gaur.<br /><br />Gaur was also the chief minister of the state for about a year before Shivraj Singh Chouhan took over in 2005. The veteran leader used his clout to the hilt to lobby for his daughter-in-law, but failed to secure the party’s nomination for her.</p>
