At the beginning of this decade, Rajiv Satav headed the Indian Youth Congress of which Priyanka Chaturvedi was a much junior general secretary in Mumbai. Both Rajiv, 45, and Priyanka, 40, will enter the upper house, albeit from different parties, which are now partners in Maharashtra's MVA government. Having charted a way up, upsetting many in their respective parties and dependent only on their respective high commands, they are two sides of the same coin.

Rajiv is a second generation Congressman, who inherited the Assembly constituency from his mother Rajani. He represented the segment between 2009 and 2014 before emerging one of only two Lok Sabha winners from Maharashtra when Narendra Modi ascended the Delhi throne for the first time. By that time, he had represented the party in all possible bodies -- a taluka panchayat, a zilla parishad, the Assembly and Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, he also helped Congress organise its student and youth wings. He headed the state Youth unit when he was elected to the Maharashtra Assembly. Soon, Rahul Gandhi handpicked him to head the NYC. And, from there, Rajiv started firming his foot in New Delhi's complicated Congress culture.