In an interesting development in the Karnataka politics, the state Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao has appealed to Rahul Gandhi to contest the general elections from there, saying that such a move by the Congress President will strengthen the party in the southern states.
Senior Congress leaders fighting elections from the state is not a new concept. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as well as UPA chief Sonia Gandhi have contested elections from the state before.
The fact that Sonia Gandhi contested elections from the state in 1999 has been mentioned by the state chief in the letter.