PM s Niece Sonal Modi Fails To Get BJP Ticket To Contest Ahmedabad Civic Polls
When BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Sonal Modi s name was nowhere to be seen in the list. Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-06T14:16:11+05:30 PM s Niece Sonal Modi Fails To Get BJP Ticket To Contest Ahmedabad Civic Polls outlookindia.com 2021-02-06T15:00:38+05:30
With the party citing new rules for candidates, Sonal Modi, niece of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, failed to receive a party ticket as she sought BJP nomination to contest the Ahmedabad civic body polls.
When BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Sonal Modi s name was nowhere to be seen in the list, as she was looking to contest from Bodakdev ward of the AMC.
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.
"My family never used Narendra Modi's name for our benefit," PM's brother Prahlad Modi had told the media when asked about his daughter Sonal's wish to contest civic body polls on a BJP ticket.
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AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s niece, Sonal Modi, who had sought the BJP nomination to contest the Ahmedabad civic body polls, on Thursday failed to get a ticket with the party citing new rules for candidates.
The BJP announced its candidates for the coming elections to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), but Sonal Modi’s name does not figure in the list.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sonal Modi had said she sought the BJP ticket from the Bodakdev ward of the AMC. Sonal Modi, a homemaker in her late 30s, is the daughter of PM Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi, who owns a fair price shop in the city and is president of the Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association.