Assembly elections 2018: Is the rebel a vote swinger or thorn in the side?

While he can cut some votes of the new nominee and boost the chances of a win by an opposition candidate, he could also ruffle the feathers of colleagues in his new party

About a year ago, in a chance encounter, former top police official from Rajasthan and MP from the BJP for the Dausa Lok Sabha constituency, Harish Chandra Meena, said he had been offered the membership of a standing committee by his party but he did not accept it because he didn’t see any point.

He was summoned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked the reason. He told the PM he hadn't come to Parliament to accept memberships of committees, but to do something meaningful.

Now, a year later, Meena has quit the BJP and joined the Congress, bringing the