Flight of political migratory birds becomes rampant ahead of LS elections

When a general election approaches, the flight of political migratory birds become rampant. Indeed, many political observers say you can gauge which way the wind is blowing by tracking the flight path of serial defectors. No wonder, the return of Avtar Singh Bhadana, a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Meerapur in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, to the Congress after quitting the grand old party days after the 2014 parliamentary polls has set tongues wagging. 

The self-proclaimed “Gujjar Imam”, Bhadana has been a Congress MP from Faridabad and Meerut. Drafted in politics by Haryana’s Bhajan Lal, he has had stints in Janata Dal,