The Sushant Singh Rajput case has not only whined the nation, but also the minds of politicians particularly in the poll-bound state of Bihar where the deceased actor hailed from. While the BJP and JD(U) are overlooking the campaign, even fresher players in the state like Congress do not want to be left out.

So while some in the Congress are questioning the media turmoil over the coverage of the case, the party is vocalizing a different tune in the state, intimidated that not playing the ‘Bihar ka beta’ card could cost it electorally.

No wonder, one of the many visitors to Sushant’s family has been Shaktisingh Gohil who is the Congress state in-charge in Bihar.
Gohil too rushed in to assert credit for the inquiry.

Elections in any state throw up the issue of ‘son of the soil’ and it constantly works in India. In Maharashtra polls ‘Maha for marathis’ in Gujarat Modi’s ‘Gujarati asmita’ in Bengal ‘Aamra bangali’ are glimpsed as earning tags. As Bihar’s new era looks outwards, the state leaders are now looking inwards. And this is what the whole issue of ‘justice for Sushant’ is all about.

Abandoned union minister Shakeel Ahmad, who was rescinded by the Congress previous year for standing in Lok sabha ballots as an autonomous nominee, is now yearning to contest from the state as a party candidate. He said that Biharis would certainly want to know the truth about sushant Singh Rajput.
Hence, sources say as the survey dates come closer, the Congress too will use this as a topic to show that it feels for the state and Sushant. Local leaders are anticipated to come out with posters and also welcome any step which brings the case closer to closure.

Sources say that the acknowledgement from the Congress’s Bihar unit to the high command has been that the party has not done enough on the Sushant issue. At a time when congress party is in the abeyance and when Nitish-BJP seems unshakeable, and the real issues are not being accentuated. Congress sources accept that any issue, even the casualty of a star like Sushant, should not be missed. At the Centre, the Congress has conceded over it but has asked the state leaders not to cross the Lakshman Rekha. And hence, don’t be alarmed if, over the next few weeks, the Congress too manipulates the subjective element of the Sushant Singh Rajput case. After all, in politics, even demise can be a ballot plank.