PM Narendra Modi
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.