Know your candidate
Amid rumours that the Congress is negotiating with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), its ally in Tamil Nadu, for one Rajya Sabha seat for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the latter on Monday announced the names of two prospective candidates. The DMK nominated M Shanmugam, general secretary, Labour Progressive Front, and senior counsel B Wilson, former additional solicitor general of India, as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls. Among the two, Wilson's nomination is interesting. The 53-year-old senior advocate represented the DMK in the “burial” case involving the late M Karunanidhi, former DMK chief and father