PM Modi, JP Nadda felicitated for poll victory in Assembly polls
Highlights
- PM Modi said that dynasty politics is dangerous for democracy
- He said that "we have to fight against dynasty politics"
- He said BJP has to put a check within the organisation to fight dynasty politics
In a veiled attack directed at Congress and Samajwadi Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the result of Assembly elections held in five states is a mandate against 'parivarvad' (dynast).
Addressing the party MPs at the BJP's Parliamentary Party meeting at the Ambedkar Bhawan in New Delhi, he sought to send a strong message to MPs that family politics won’t be allowed in the party. The Prime Minister said that he takes responsibility if anyone's candidature was rejected by the party in the just concluded elections.
"It's because of me that children of MPs didn't get tickets in assembly polls as we are against dynasty politics," the PM said, according to news agency PTI. "Dynasty is dangerous for democracy, we have to fight against it," he added.
The Prime Minister also briefed the MPs on the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine.
Earlier, both PM Modi and party's national president JP Nadda were given a rousing welcome by senior party leaders at the beginning of the meeting for the saffron party's election victory in four states. Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, and others also attended the meeting.
A two-minute silence was also observed by the leaders ahead of the meeting to pay their respects to veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar who recently passed away, Indian students who passed away in Ukraine and the Bajrang Dal activist who was killed in Karnataka.
Last evening, the party had asked all the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs to be present at the meeting. This was the first meeting after the BJP retained power in all four of the five states that went to the polls. These four states are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. PM Modi played a major role in BJP's mega win in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh and other states.
Meanwhile, the BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed Central observers and co-observers for the elections of the leaders of the legislative party in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa assemblies, states where BJP made a landslide victory.
While Amit Shah has been appointed as the Central observer for Uttar Pradesh, Rajnath Singh has been given the responsibility of Uttarakhand. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been appointed Central observer for Manipur while Kiren Rijiju is co-observer. For Goa, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been made the Central observer.
The last such BJP Parliamentary party meeting was held on 21 December 2021, which was also attended by PM Modi.
