By introducing himself as a spokesman for ``my mother'', to the 10,000-strong crowd at Neorea, he managed to make his foray into the political arena without making his own political intentions clear.

Maneka, till now adamant that her son remain unexposed to the harsh glare of the public eye, now seems to have adopted a sink-or-swim policy.

She left Pilibhit for two days to campaign in another town, leaving Feroz Varun to mastermind his own debate. During this time, Feroz Varun will address meetings in and around Pilibhit a task he is taking very seriously.

Just before his first address, when the crowd was showing signs of turning into a mob in an effort to get close to the ``sitara'' of Pilibhit, concerned party workers tried to form a security chainaround him, which he promptly disbanded.