No ticket, no party
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied Dalit leader Udit Raj a party ticket from the north-west Delhi constituency, the aggrieved leader removed the prefix “chowkidar”, or watchman, from his official Twitter handle. He also threatened to quit the party, saying his supporters across India were hurt by the BJP decision. However, the prefix was back a couple of hours later, leading to speculation that the BJP had reached out to Raj with some assurance. The prefix returned around the time when there was a rumour that the nomination papers of singer Hans Raj Hans, whom the