With the Congress including the name of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in the list of star campaigners for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Opposition leader in the Assembly has no option but to do as the party says.

However, he remains unwilling to campaign against his son and BJP candidate from Ahmednagar Sujay Vikhe. Last week, Patil skipped a joint media conference of the UPA's mahagathbandhan, apparently because some people from the party had accused him of campaigning for his son, albeit discreetly. Some Congress leaders had even asked him to clarify his position.