At the Congress’ Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, the party discussed the proposed measure to grant one ticket per family. However, this comes with the caveat that a second member of a family can be considered for a ticket if they have put in at least five years for the party.
In the recently-concluded Assembly elections, the BJP scripted history while the Samajwadi Party finished second, winning 111 of the 403 Assembly seats in the state.
The Congress is fighting the Assembly polls in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh as a grim battle for survival. It is locked in a multi-cornered contest in Punjab, where some pollsters are giving the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an edge over the Congress, the Akali-BSP combine and the BJP
It has denied a ticket to former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar’s son but has given them to family members of defence minister Rajnath Singh, Kalyan Singh and Naresh Aggarwal
What began as an exception is gradually turning into a popular rule in Uttar Pradesh. The lust for political power is splitting families that now have more than one candidate and that too, from rival parties.