If the Congress has Sonia, the BJP has Sushma against her and if Ghulam Nabi Azad flies in to enthuse Congress supporters, L K Advani lands to kick off the BJP campaign. If Priyanka makes an impact in Bellary, the BJP has cine star Vijayashanti waiting in the wings to counter it. For S M Krishna the answer is Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and finally, on Sept 1, a Prime Minister (Vajpayee) will take on a prime minister-aspirant (Sonia).

There is no doubt among Congress workers about their dependence on Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka to ``undo'' the effects of the BJP's systematic campaign. But the BJP has its counter-moves all planned.

The relative absence of the Congress campaign in Bellary -- compared to the systematic one by the BJP -- was filled on Thursday when AICC general secretaryincharge of Karnataka Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad kicked off a public campaign by wooing the minority and backward class votes.