If the gossip is accurate — and there is no reason to believe it is always inaccurate — then the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency is going to see one of the most interesting contests: Between three diplomats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is toying with the idea of fielding India’s former ambassador to the United Nations and nuclear policy expert, TP Sreenivasan. Former United Nations bureaucrat, Shashi Tharoor, is likely to be backed by the Congress. And former Ambassador to Turkey, MK Bhadrakumar, could be the CPI(M)’s choice. What will follow is assuredly a most cerebral battle