Furore over Kamal Nath's item jibe, refuses to apologise

The outrage over Kamal Nath describing his former ministerial colleague Imarti Devi as “item” at Dabra, Madhya Pradesh, is unlikely to impact the outcome of bypolls for 28 Assembly seats to be held on November 3.

At the ground level, there are far too many important issues at stake, ranging from Covid-19 related economic hardship, farm sector crisis to the vexed issues of local MLAS switching sides barely 15 months after they were elected on a particular party’s symbol and returning to voters in less than two years seeking votes on another party symbol..