Uttarakhand : The dream of ticket of common workers did not come true – political family dominated in every party on the right of ticket

Families have always been a big issue in electoral politics. But despite this issue, familyism dominates politics. Be it the ruling BJP or Congress in the state, both the parties have not been able to come out from the shadow of familyism. To take advantage, political parties also adopted familyism whenever they wanted and whenever they wanted, they also did politics on this issue. On the basis of this politics of heritage, the wish of ticket of the successors who are doing politics has been fulfilled. The tickets of both BJP and Congress could not remain untouched by the shadow of familyism. Both the parties gave priority to familyism in the selection of candidates. Due to this both the parties are facing opposition.

The Congress party has always been a target of BJP for familyism. Especially when it comes to the post of national president, the BJP has always been attacking the Congress by keeping the Gandhi family at the center. It is a different matter that there have been many such leaders in BJP who themselves promoted familyism. On the other hand, the parties also benefit from the children of the leaders entering the political arena. These leaders of the new generation grow up in a political environment since childhood. In such a situation, he learns all the things ahead of time. On the other hand he inherits a large crowd of supporters.

Familism in BJP

BJP, which has been a strong opponent of familyism, fielded Savita Kapoor for the Cantt assembly seat. Savita Kapoor is the wife of late Harbans Kapoor, who was MLA from Cantt Viss seat. The party played a sympathy card by fielding Savita Kapoor as its candidate, but other ticket contenders are seeing it as an exercise to support familyism. BJP cut the ticket of Kunwar Pranav Champion and made his wife Kunvarani Devyani as the candidate for Khanpur assembly seat. In Champion’s seat, of course, there is no opposition to familism, but his case has become a major ground for opposition to familism. The party has fielded Trilok Singh Cheema, son of MLA Harbhajan Singh Cheema in Kashipur. Local claimants are also opposing this decision of the party and are raising the demand to change the ticket. At the same time, Ritu Khanduri, daughter of former Uttarakhand CM Bhuvan Chand Khanduri, has been given ticket from Kotdwar.

In BJP, he got ticket because of his family

Late Harbans Kapoor’s wife Savita Kapoor got ticket from Cantt.

• MLA Kunwar Pranav Champion’s wife Kunvarani Devyani got ticket from Khanpur
• MLA Harbhajan Singh Cheema’s son Trilok Singh Cheema got ticket from Kashipur
• Ritu Khanduri, daughter of former CM Bhuvan Chand Khanduri, got ticket from Kotdwar

Familyism in Congress

In Congress, former cabinet minister Yashpal Arya has been nominated from Bajpur and his son Sanjeev Arya from Nainital. Similarly, Anukreethy Gusain Rawat, daughter-in-law of former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat, who joined the party, has been given ticket from Lansdowne. The party has fielded Narendra Chand Singh, son of former MP KC Singh Baba, from Kashipur. From Haldwani, Sumit Hridayesh, son of former cabinet minister and Leader of Opposition late Indira Hridayesh, was nominated by the party. At the same time, Harish Rawat’s girl Anupama Rawat has been given ticket from Haridwar Rural seat. Voices are being raised against familyism in both the parties.

In Congress, he got ticket because of his family

• Former cabinet minister Yashpal Arya got ticket from Bajpur and son Sanjeev Arya got ticket from Nainital
• Harak Singh Rawat’s daughter-in-law Anukriti Gusain Rawat got ticket from Lansdowne
• Late Indira Hridayesh’s son Sumit Hridayesh got ticket from Haldwani
• Former CM Harish Rawat’s daughter Anupama Rawat got ticket from Haridwar Rural seat

After making former Congress state president Kishor Upadhyay the BJP candidate from Tehri, now only one seat of the party is left to open. At the same time, one seat of Congress is also left. BJP has not declared candidates from Doiwala and Congress from Tehri yet. If Friday is the last day for nominations, it is likely that both the parties will announce the candidates for these seats on Thursday. The party on Thursday announced Kishore Upadhyay as its candidate from Tehri after joining the BJP. Earlier, the BJP had released its second list of candidates on Wednesday. The party had announced candidates for nine assembly seats.