AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi s niece Sonal Modi has sought a ticket from the ruling BJP in Gujarat to fight the upcoming civic body polls in Ahmedabad city.
Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Sonal Modi said she has sought the ticket, from Bodakdev ward of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in her capacity as a BJP worker, not as a relative of the PM, and claimed she fulfills criteria for nomination.
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 also the president of the Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association.
PM Modi s brother sits on dharna at Lucknow airport as police arrest his supporters for violating Sec 144
Prahlad Modi s supporters were arrested for violating Section 144 for assembly at the high-security zone in the airport. They have been released now.
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UPDATED: February 3, 2021 20:17 IST
PM Modi s brother Prahlad Modi sat on dharna at the Lucknow airport after his supporters, who had come to receive him, were arrested for violation of Section 144. (Photo credit: India Today/Satyam)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi s brother Prahlad Modi staged a dharna at the Lucknow airport on Wednesday, alleging that police arrested his supporters who had come to receive him.
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PM Modi s Niece Sonal Modi Seeks BJP Ticket to Contest Ahmedabad Civic Polls
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi s niece Sonal Modi has sought a ticket from the ruling BJP in Gujarat to fight the upcoming civic body polls in Ahmedabad city. Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Sonal Modi said she has sought the ticket, from Bodakdev ward of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in her capacity as a BJP worker, not as a relative of the PM, and claimed she fulfills criteria for nomination. 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 also the president of the Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association. The Gujarat BJP recently announced that relatives of party leaders and workers will not be considered for ticket allocation for the upcoming polls.
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LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi s brother Prahlad Modi staged a dharna at the Lucknow airport on Wednesday, alleging that police did not let his supporters reach there.
According to Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport s Additional General Manager (Operations) Bhupendra Singh, Prahlad Modi arrived at Lucknow by an Indigo flight around 4 in the evening.
He sat on a dharna on the airport premises as he was unhappy over police stopping his supporters from reaching there, Singh added.
Efforts were made to contact police and other senior officials for comments but to no avail.
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