As the Parliament’s monsoon session staggers from adjournment to adjournment, another drama, perhaps a more interesting one, is playing out just a few metres away. 

It’s the run-up to the elections of the Constitution Club of India, an affair usually as unremarkable as a sarkari formality, with the administrative body winning without so much as a murmur of opposition. The club isn’t a Delhi Gymkhana, a Roshanara, or Chelmsford. What sets it apart is its membership list – sitting and former MPs only.

But this year is different.