In the recent Rajya Sabha elections, where many political veterans like Rajiv Shukla and Ram Madhav were deprived of the Upper House, Jaya Bachchan’s stardom remained on the top of its game. Mamata Banerjee’s TMC had kept its fourth seat vacant for Jaya until the last moment. While Mamata wanted to play Jaya’s Bengali-charm card, on the other hand, SP did not want to lose their crucial MP. Prior to the final announcement of the tickets, ‘Didi’ talked to both Mulayam and Akhilesh to have confirmation on whether they are giving the seat to Jaya Bachchan? Only after receiving the concrete assurance from both father and son, Didi concluded the climax over the party’s fourth seat.