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COUPLE OF ISSUES

Alliance-making is tricky enough at the party level. But the upcoming Lok Sabha has asked his wife, Balaghat Congress MLA , to ‘leave’ the house till polling day, failing which he’d leave. Kankar, who’s fighting as the BSP candidate, says they may be accused of a secret pact if they live under the same roof! Kankar had contested the 2023 state polls from neighbouring Paraswada for the Gondwana Gantantra Party while Anubha fought and won from Balaghat, but he did not make this de-Multi-polar mand then. political families aren’t uncommon—so the MLA-wife isn’t very amused.

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