Internecine one-upmanship and some animus within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has spilled over to the dandiya-garba field. This paper’s reports state that party leaders are trying to hold garba-dandiya celebrations at different places in the western suburbs. Elsewhere fierce battles are on for the prestigious Shivaji Park maidan turf for the Dussehra rally.

While leaders may deny any battle, it is time to read the sub-text and feel the undercurrents as one tries to outdo the other in different fields.