...but elusive

In Chhattisgarh, however, Mukherjee turned uncharacteristically media-shy. In Raipur on Wednesday as part of his campaign for the upcoming presidential elections, he was scheduled to meet legislators at a hotel. Reporters were asked to wait in the lobby with the promise that Mukherjee would talk to them after the meeting. It turned out to be a pointless wait since Mukherjee entered and left the premises from a different route that bypassed the lobby, prompting frustrated journalists to boycott the event.