Lok Sabha elections 2024: Amidst unrelenting assaults from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over dynasty politics within the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc, Congress has fielded the kids, grandchildren and different kin in no less than 23 out of the 192 constituencies for which candidates have been introduced for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024. In Karnataka, three daughters and two sons of 5 incumbent ministers are contesting the polls.
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor claimed that it’s ingrained inside India’s cultural cloth and its prevalence was not solely throughout the grand outdated get together but in addition throughout the BJP.
Tharoor stood by dynasty politics in events within the nation, saying it is a part of India’s tradition and instructed it is a widespread observe, not one thing uncommon. “It’s a relatively common thing that in India, much more than in the West, a father expects his son to follow his profession, and so it tends to go. So it’s not at all surprising that there is a certain level of ‘parivar vaad’ in all parties,” Tharoor mentioned.
Ridiculing the anti-dynasty marketing campaign of Modi throughout his Lok Sabha election rallies, Tharoor claimed that besides for the highest few leaders, all of the ministers and MPs within the BJP are sons or daughters of different senior BJP officers.
Here is listing of leaders
Gaurav Gogoi
Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi, deputy chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Jorhat constituency. Gaurav Gogoi is the sitting MP from the Kaliabor constituency, which was rechristened as Kaziranga after delimitation. Gogoi had received by a margin of 82,653 votes within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by polling 5,43,288 votes towards 4,60,635 of Congress’ Sushanta Borgohain, who later joined the BJP.
The Congress leader- the MP from the Kaliabor seat, which was renamed Kaziranga through the delimitation exercise- shifted to Jorhat that was as soon as represented by his late father and former chief minister Tarun Gogoi for three phrases in Parliament. Elections for the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam will happen in three phases on April 19, April 26 and May 7.
Nakul Nath
Nakul Nath, the lone Congress MP from Madhya Pradesh who has been renominated from Chhindwara by his get together, has declared property price practically Rs 700 crore, based on his election affidavit. The sitting Chhindwara MP, son of former chief minister and influential Congress chief Kamal Nath, had topped the listing of 475 Lok Sabha crorepati members in 2019, based on the non-profit Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in MP, the BJP in 2019 had received 28, barring Chhindwara. The saffron get together has fielded its district unit president Vivek Bunty Sahu towards Nakul Nath. Though the Chhindwara seat has been the bastion of the Congress, with the grand outdated get together dropping elections right here simply as soon as, BJP is channelling all its energies to wrest this seat this time.
The election might be held right here in Chhindwara within the first section on April 19 with 5 different parliamentary seats which embrace Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Madla and Balaghat within the state. The Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh might be performed in 4 phases. The first section of polling could be held on April 19, adopted by April 26, May 7 and May 13.
Karti Chidambaram
Karti Chidambaram, son of veteran Congress chief P Chidambaram had received from the Sivaganga constituency in 2019 and has been entrusted with the duty once more for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls on April 19.
Voting for all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu might be held within the first section of the overall elections on April 19. In the 2019 normal elections, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, comprising the Congress, VCK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), IUML, MMK, KMDK, TVK, and AIFB, registered a landslide victory, profitable 38 of the 39 seats within the state. In 2019, DMK received 23 Lok Sabha seats with a 33.2 per cent vote share, Congress bagged 8 seats with a 12.9 per cent vote and CPI received two seats in Tamil Nadu.
Virender Rawat
Congress veteran and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s son Virender Rawat is contesting from Haridwar in Uttarakhand. The election in Uttarakhand might be held on April 19 through the first section to elect the 5 members of the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha.
Praniti Shinde
Praniti Shinde is the daughter of former Union minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. She is contesting from Solapur in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second-largest after Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP received 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena. Elections to the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra might be held in 5 phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20.
Mansoor Ali Khan
Mansoor Khan is the son of former Union minister Ok Rahman Khan. He is contesting from Bangalore Central in Karnataka. The Lok Sabha elections might be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7.
The 14 Lok Sabha segments within the southern components of the state will vote on April 26 within the second section, the remaining 14 constituencies within the northern components will vote within the second section on May 7 within the third section.
Radhakrishna Doddamani
He is the son-in-law of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Radhakrishna is contesting from Gulbarga in Karnataka.
Madhya Pradesh candidates’ reference to political households
In greater than half of the entire 29 seats, the BJP and Congress candidates come from political households. Congress is manner forward of the BJP in taking ahead dynastic politics, however BJP, that makes a hue and cry over dynastic politics, can be not lagging far.
A complete of 15 candidates from the BJP and Congress 15 candidates are within the fray from the 29 Lok Sabha seats in MP. While BJP has fielded three such candidates Congress has given tickets to 12. The candidates in BJP leaders carrying their political legacy ahead embrace Jyotiraditya Scindia, Himadri Singh and Anita Chouhan. Those from the Congress contains Digvijaya Singh, Nakul Nath, Kamleshwar Patel, Rao Yadvendra Singh, Rajendra Malviya, Guddu Raja Bundela, Siddharth Kushwaha, Arun Shrivastava, Neelam Mishra, Samrat Saraswar, Satyapal Singh Sikarwar and Narendra Patel.
Congress candidates in Madhya Pradesh
Congress candidate from Rajgarh, Digvijaya Singh- the heavyweight of Congress in MP from a long time, has roots in politics. His father, Balbhadra Singh was an MLA from the Raghogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency which is now represented by his son Jaivardhan Singh. Digvijaya’s brother Laxman Singh too has represented the Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat previously. Congress candidate from Chhindwara, Nakul Nath- the lone Congress Member of Parliament from the state, is the son of former chief minister Kamal Nath, who was elected 9 occasions from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency earlier than he vacated the seat for his son in 2019 LS polls. Congress candidate from Sidhi, Kamleshwar Patel’s father, Indrajeet Kumar, was a member of Congress get together and likewise cupboard minister in MP state govt.
Similarly, the Congress candidate from Guna, Rao Yadvendra Singh, is son of senior BJP chief late Deshraj Singh Yadav, his different members of the family are additionally in politics and have been related each with the BJP and Congress. Congress candidate from Dewas LS seat, Rajendra Malviya is son of former state Congress president Radha Kishan Malviya. The Congress candidate from Sagar, Guddu Raja Bundela belongs to an prosperous Thakur household from Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. His father Sujan Singh Bundela was elected from Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency in 1999. The Congress candidate from Satna, Siddharth Kushwaha’s father Sukhlal Kushwaha was MP from Satna LS on BSP ticket. From Bhopal LS seat, the Congress candidate, Arun Shrivastava is son of Vimla Shrivastava, a senior chief in Congress who held totally different positions within the get together. Congress candidate from Rewa, Neelam Mishra is spouse of MLA Abhay Mishra and Congress Balaghat candidate, Samrat Saraswar’s father Ashok Saraswar was an MLA.
Congress candidate from Morena, Satyapal Singh Sikarwar’s father Gajraj Singh Sikarwar, remained a two-time MLA whereas his elder brother and sister-in-law are additionally in politics from Gwalior. Congress candidate from Khandwa, Narendra Patel, is nephew of former MP Tarachand Patel.
Lok Sabha polls 2024
Notably, the election for 543 Lok Sabha seats might be held in seven phases beginning April 19. Nearly 97 crore voters are eligible to solid votes within the normal election. The counting of the votes might be held on June 4.
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