First Margaret Alva, next Yogendra Makwana…senior Congress functionaries seem to be falling like nine-pins in the capital. All because they alleged that party tickets were sold in the Karnataka assembly elections—a charge that Rahul Gandhi has denied, assuring media that he was happy with ticket distribution. But before we all turn self-righteous and rush to Ms Alva’s defence, let’s not forget one thing. Rather than a crusade against patronage, her complaint was actually motivated by the fact that her son had not been given a party ticket in India while other politicians’ bachcha-log' in states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan had no problems on that score. Now, Makwana has called a press conference with other (as yet unnamed) Congress leaders from other states where he has promised to make “an important announcement”. We’ll keep you posted.