BHOPAL: Despite the debacle in Karnataka assembly elections, ticket distribution in the southern state has kindled the hopes of many veteran leaders in Madhya Pradesh to get a ticket for their kin.
The party which misses no chance to take a swipe at opposition parties, especially Congress, for promoting dynasty politics, had fielded 25 candidates, including seven new faces, from families of its politicians for the assembly elections in Karnataka.
In MP at least 15 children of state BJP leaders are vying for party ticket in the assembly elections likely to be held in November. The BJP leaders kin aspiring for a ticket include Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s son Devendra and former state president Prabhat Jha’s son Tushmul.
Others include MP cabinet minister Narottam Mishra's son Sukarn, former state finance minister Jayant Malaiya's son Siddharth, former minister Gaurishankar Bisen’s daughter Mausam, minister Tulsi Silawat’s son Nitish, minister Gopal Bhargava’s son Abhishek, former minister Gaurishankar Shejwar's son Mudit, who lost the 2018 assembly election, minister Govind Singh Rajput’s son, Akash.
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son Kartikey is already a known face in state and often assists his father in his constituency while Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's son Mahanaryaman is also interested in politics. BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's son Akash is already an MLA from Indore.
The BJP state unit has already hinted that it has no problem with children of BJP leaders contesting polls.
On April 27 former finance minister Jayant Malaiya’s son, Siddharth, returned to the BJP fold. Siddharth was expelled from the BJP for anti-party activities in 2022.
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