Family & politics: Congress chief and former Defence Minister AK Antony immediately got here into the information on Thursday. Since he left the Defence Ministry workplace in 2014 (from October 2006 to May 2014), Antony was seldom seen as politically very lively. Today, he was in the information as a result of his son Anil Antony joined a rival camp- Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). This comes as a impolite shock to senior Antony.
“Anil’s decision to join BJP has hurt me. It is a very wrong decision. India’s base is unity and religious harmony. After 2014, Modi government came to power, they’re systematically diluting diversity and secularism. BJP believes only in uniformity, they’re destroying the constitutional values of the country,” he mentioned. However, it not a huge shock for embattling Congress because it has seen a host of politicians who abandoned the grand previous occasion.
Meanwhile, the father-son duo, on two reverse sides of the fence, displayed a lovely democratic image in which a household imbibes completely different political ideologies with out breaking the household as an establishment. There are a number of examples in India the place members of the family tow completely different political traces. For a very long time, ‘Scindia household’ was a towering instance of an excellent democratic household. Vijaya Raje Scindia was one of many founders of BJP however her son Madhavrao Scindia was a Congress member until his final breath. Madhavrao Scindia’s son Jyotiraditya performed a lengthy inning in Congress earlier than becoming a member of BJP in 2020. Even Madhavrao Scindia’s sister Vasundhara Raje is a prominient BJP chief in Rajashtan.
Here are some households that are testimony to India’s vivid democracy
Yadav household: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is thought for his anti-BJP stand. He stays in information for attacking UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Narendra Modi-led Central authorities. But, his sister-in-law Aparna Yadav, who lately joined BJP, will be heard praising PM Modi and CM Yogi.
Gandhi household: When Sonia Gandhi was on the helm of Congress, her sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi was in the rival camp BJP. Even her son Varun Gandhi is a member of the saffron occasion. Mother-son duo usually assaults Congress.
Thackeray household: Raj Thackery was as soon as thought-about a vibrant successor of Shiv Sena founder and his uncle Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray however he was changed by his cousin Uddhav Thackery. Subsequently, Raj Thackeray fashioned his personal occasion Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in 2006.
Reddy household: YSRCP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and his sister Yeduguri Sandinti Sharmila Reddy share completely different political ideologies. Sharmila lately floated her political outfit YSR Telangana Party on 8 July 2021.
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