Despite slamming the Opposition over dynasty politics, BJP’s list includes sons, wives and kin of many of its established leaders. The next generation candidates who got tickets include Member of Parliament (MP) Kirit Somaiya’s son Neel, legislator Raj Purohit’s son Akash, minister Vidya Thakur’s son Dipak Thakur, city unit chief Ashish Shelar’s brother Vinod Shelar among others.
At least 20 of the candidates fielded by the party include outsiders, who were recently poached by the party specifically for the BMC polls. These include former corporators like Makrand Narvekar (independent), Congress corporators Sagar Singh, Kesharben Patel, Sena corporators Leena Shukla, Bablu Panchal, Nana Ambole, MNS legislator Mangesh Sangale among others. Both Ambole and Panchal, who were inducted last minute on Thursday, as well as their wives, got tickets from the BJP.
This is the first time that BJP is fielding these many candidates. For the last 15 years the party has fielded not more than 65 contestants.
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(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy: oneindia.com)
