Guj polls: BJP MP upset over ticket to daughter-in-law instead of wife

November 25, 2017 20:28

Unhappy over the BJP nominating his daughter-in-law instead of his wife from the Kaalol assembly seat in Gujarat, party MP Prabhatsinh Chauhan has warned that he would not guarantee a win for the party, if the candidate is not replaced with someone of his choice.

The BJP yesterday released its fifth list of 13 candidates for the second phase of assembly polls in Gujarat. In the list, the ruling party dropped sitting MLA Arvindsinh Chauhan and instead fielded Prabhatsinh Chauhan's daughter-in-law Suman Chauhan from the Kaalol seat in Panchmahal district.

Enraged over the announcement, Prabhatsinh Chauhan dashed off a letter to BJP chief Amit Shah yesterday, urging him to replace Suman Chauhan with a "local candidate".

Although, in the letter he did not clearly demand that his wife Rangeshwari be given the party ticket, recently he had told reporters that she was the best candidate for the Kaalol seat.

While Rangeshwari is the president of Ghoghamba taluka panchayat of Panchamahal district, Suman Chauhan is a member of Panchmahal district panchayat.

In the letter, the parliamentarian also alleged that his son Pravinsinh is a "bootlegger" and that he and his wife had even gone to jail.

Prabhatsinh Chauhan, a prominent Rajput face in the region, who had joined the BJP in 1992, claimed that though he had single-handedly established the BJP's dominance in that district over the years, he has been ignored by the party and not given any post in the organisation.

-- PTI

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