BJP leader Gopal Bhargava's son withdraws claim for party ticket

BHOPAL: A week after leader of opposition Gopal Bhargava’s statement, “Netaon ke bete kya bheekh magenge” (What should a politician's son do, begging?)- while pushing for a party ticket to his son, Abhishek Bhargava , the junior Bhargava withdrew his claim on Friday.


In a Facebook post on Friday night, Abhishek Bhargava said, "With a sense of guilt after reading the statements of Modiji and Advaniji on vanshvad (dynastic rule), I withdraw my claim.” He said “when my party is fighting a war against the evil of vanshwad, I do not want to be a hurdle and my conscience is not allowing me to stake the claim.”

He also “thanked” BJP for putting his name in the panel of the list of probable from Khajuraho, Sagar and Damoh.

He also asked the party to consider other names for the ticket. When questioned by media, last week Gopal Bhargava was also reported saying, "if a farmer's son becomes a farmer and an officer’s son becomes an officer, netaon ke bete kya bheekh magenge (What should a politician's son do, begging?).”

For the last one week, senior party leaders have been demanding tickets for their family members. BJP sources claimed that the central leadership has pulled up the its party leaders seeking tickets for their family members.