Solicitor General Tushar Mehta while arguing against jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea in the Delhi excise case cited an incident when Janata Party leader George Fernandes contested the elections from jail and won with a record margin of votes. Many would be surprised to know the fact that Fernandes - a powerful trade unionist and a prominent face of the anti-Emergency movement against then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi - successfully contested the Lok Sabha elections 1977 without visiting his constituency in Bihar.
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