AHMEDABAD: PM Modi's niece Sonal Modi, who had sought BJP nomination to contest the Ahmedabad civic body polls, on Thursday failed to get a ticket with the party citing new rules for candidates. BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming elections to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, but Sonal Modi's name did not figure in the list.
Sonal Modi, a homemaker in her late 30s, is the daughter of PM Modi's brother Prahlad Modi, who owns a fair price shop and is also the president of Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association. "Rules are same for everybody," state BJP president C R Paatil said when asked about denial of ticket to Sonal Modi. Gujarat BJP recently announced that relatives of party leaders will not be considered for ticket allocation for the upcoming polls.