humongous amounts of jewellery and decked up in chiffon saris, the erstwhile dream girl is a sight to behold.

Her bemused constituents see her swoop down and play act for the camera by posing on a tractor or carrying a basket on her head, ensuring that not even a single hair is mussed.

Hemamalini posted this image to social media as part of the first day of her election campaign Image Credit: Twitter

Deol’s father Dharmendra was also elected a BJP MP from Bikaner. He refused to visit his constituency even once, leading angry voters to register police reports on their missing MP. Posters were also put up offering rewards to anyone who found Dharmendra. Finally he quit without once visiting his constituency.

Yet, the BJP seemed inordinately proud of bagging theson. Party spokesman GVL Narasimha Rao said they all had family history with BJP. Forgotten was the BJP’s slogan “dynasty is nasty”. The Deol dynasty was welcome.

Star-struck

Parties across the spectrum are bitten by the starry bug. The Congress preferred to jettison Priyanka Chaturvedi, who had been working hard for ten years, in favour of the Rangeela girl Urmila Matondkar. She whizzed in to meet Rahul Gandhi and was given a ticket to contest from North Mumbai. Chaturvedi wanted the ticket. She quit the party and joined Shiv Sena in protest.

The Congress preferred to jettison Priyanka Chaturvedi, who had been working hard for ten years, in favour of the Rangeela girl Urmila Matondkar Image Credit: Twitter

Till they join a party, big stars in India prefer to keep mum on