Contesting in Varanasi a win-win for Priyanka Gandhi and Congress?

If Priyanka takes on the PM in Varanasi, voters across the nation will realise that finally the Congress has skin in the game. Irrespective of the electoral outcome here the party's stock will rise

Speculation about Priyanka Gandhi contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi will end in a few days as the deadline for nomination is reached. The decision will indicate how the Congress party wants to chart its future – with boldness and courage or satisfied as an also-ran for now.

The mere prospect of such a contest has led to speculations that the prime minister may choose a second seat, possibly a pocket borough of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh like Vidisha or in a surprise move even from West Bengal. Should he do so Prime Minister Modi would have already