My friendship with Rahul Gandhi is why I am in Congress: Manvendra Singh

BJP rebel Manvendra Singh tells Business Standard about his past, present, and what's in store in the times to come

Manvendra Singh has been in the news as the Congress party's candidate to take on Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje in the contest for  the Jhalrapatan assembly seat. Son of former finance minister and BJP stalwart, Jaswant Singh, Manvendra has had a rocky relationship with his former party since 2014. Having won the election for the Sheo assembly constituency in 2013, Manvendra was suspended from BJP in 2014 when he joined his father's campaign against the BJP candidate for the Barmer parliamentary constituency in 2014. He quit BJP in September this year and joined the Congress party which asked him to