BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvergiya has said that being a politician’s son should not be considered a demerit, while distributing party ticket in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Notably, the BJP has always opposed dynastic politics in the country. The leader was talking to media persons here at the State BJP headquarters on Monday.
When asked whether sons of various senior politicians in MP including his son Akash, lobbying for election tickets, should be considered by the party, Vijayvergiya claimed that it was up to the party who deserved a ticket and who does not.
The party should assess the fact for how long anyone has been working for the party, he added, claiming anyone being a politician’s son should not be seen as a fault.
If anyone is a deserving candidate, then the party would consider his candidature, said the Mhow MLA. To a query whether he would contest assembly or the Lok Sabha polls, Vijayvergiya said he would follow whatever the party instructs him to.
The response from Vijayvergiya has come at a time when there is strong political buzz that his son Akash, who has been taking care of his poll ventures for long, could be fielded from Mhow and Vijayvergiya could opt for any seat in Indore or anywhere else in Malwa region where he enjoys sizable sway. Besides, Akash, several other senior leaders’ sons are in the fray for election tickets in MP.
Besides, the senior leader discussing about Samriddha MP campaign, which the BJP has launched on Sunday, claimed the party received over 4000 phone calls besides Whatsapp messages of suggestions from the public on the first day of campaign carried out by 50 chariots in 50 districts.
When asked as to when the BJP would start going to polls underlining its own achievements rather than talking about Congress government failures, Vijayvargiya said the benchmark would be the same even if BJP fights consecutive tenth election in MP. “We would still be comparing our government with Congress government of 1993 to 2003.”
He briefed the media about a meeting chaired by organizational general secretary Ramlal in which the party discussed the election work blueprint as directed by party chief Amit Shah during his visit earlier.