India, Dec. 2 -- In a twist tailor-made for election-season intrigue, a woman named Sonia Gandhi is contesting the upcoming panchayat election in Kerala's Munnar as a BJP candidate. And yes, there's a Congress link too.

The BJP's Sonia Gandhi, a 34-year-old resident of Nallathanni Kallar, has been fielded from the Nallathanni ward (Ward 16) of the local panchayat, according to Manorama.

She is not the Congress veteran and former party president with the same name, but her story contains its own political arc.

But life took a political turn after her marriage. Her husband, Subhash, is the BJP's panchayat general secretary and a former bypoll candidate from Old Munnar Mulakkad.

Over time, she aligned with his party, switching from the s...