Even before the Election Commission announced the dates for the assembly polls, the BJP had sent its MLAs to camp in the neighbouring states to lay out strategies.
Dhirendra Shastri, the 26-year-old head priest of Bageshwar Dham, claims to read minds, exorcise spirits, is unabashed about his support for a 'Hindu Rasthra' and has a frenzied fan following. With MP headed into an election in a few months, that's just the mix political parties are looking for