BJP MPs’ Kids Didn’t Get Tickets In Recent State Polls Because Of Me: PM Modi

Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that many BJP MPs and leaders were seeking poll tickets for their children in the recently-concluded Assembly elections but were denied the same.

“Many MPs and party leaders were demanding tickets for their children in the recently concluded elections and many of them were denied. Children of BJP MPs did not get tickets to contest elections as it was against dynasty politics. They did not get tickets because of me,” PM Modi said at the first weekly meeting of BJP MPs after the party’s spectacular election wins.

The comments were seen in reference to Mayank, son of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who joined the Samajwadi Party just ahead of the elections after being denied a BJP ticket to contest in Uttar Pradesh.

“Dynastic politics is dangerous for the country. Dynasties promote casteism,” said the Prime Minister, without naming parties like the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, which were his prime targets in the state elections.

The prime minister stressed that before the 2024 national election, the party should raise awareness against dynastic parties “from Kashmir to Kanyakumari”.

In the elections that ended last week, the BJP won in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Congress lost Punjab to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Chants of “Modi, Modi” and desk-thumping broke out when the Prime Minister entered the Lok Sabha yesterday as parliament resumed the budget session.

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