New Delhi. BJP has released its 10th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday. In this list, BJP has given ticket to Parasnath Rai from Ghazipur. Actually, there was a lot of curiosity in the minds of the people about the candidate for this seat. Along with this, this seat also becomes very important from the point of view of Purvanchal. The narrative of Purvanchal is also decided by this seat and its candidature. For this reason, BJP has explored all the equations and possibilities before finalizing the name of the candidate from this seat.
BJP made Parasnath Rai its candidate in its 10th list, but before his candidature, there was intense discussion within the party on many names. In front of sitting MP Afzal Ansari from Ghazipur seat, BJP’s biggest face and name is Manoj Sinha, who had won from there in 2014. Not only this, he has also been a minister in the Modi government. Along with this, Manoj Sinha is also the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the news quoting sources, his name was considered in BJP, but it was decided that he should be given the responsibility of Jammu and Kashmir only. Along with this, the name of Manoj Sinha’s son Abhinav Sinha comes in the second name which was discussed. Abhinav Sinha is an engineer by profession and after Manoj Sinha went to Jammu and Kashmir, he is politically and socially active there. He has been liked in Ghazipur because of his work and he could have been the party’s winning candidate from there, but to avoid allegations of nepotism, his name was not finalized.
If sources are to be believed, the name of Krishna Rai’s wife Alka Rai from Ghazipur was also discussed, but she had lost the last assembly elections, hence the party did not make her its candidate.
These equations were also taken into account
Actually, BJP had to give a Bhumihar candidate in Purvanchal. Besides this, Ballia and Ghazipur are the only seats from where a Bhumihar candidate could have been fielded. In Ballia, cutting the ticket of Thakur candidate Virendra Singh Mast and giving ticket to a Bhumihar could have been dangerous for BJP. Besides this, there was no influential Bhumihar candidate in Ballia. BJP wanted to give a message to the Bhumihars of all the areas like Ghazipur, Ballia, Ghosi, Azamgarh, Banaras through a Bhumihar candidate from Ballia or Ghazipur. Therefore, the candidature of Thakur Neeraj Shekhar was decided from Ballia and it was decided to give Bhumihar in Ghazipur.
Sangh played an important role
The role of RSS was also very important in finalizing the name from Ghazipur. The Sangh put forward the name of its volunteer and department contact head, retired principal Parasnath Rai. The image of 68 year old Parasnath Rai has been clean. Through this, the party also wants to give the message of ‘Ansari’s muscle power versus Sangh’s clean image’ in Ghazipur and in this connection, the party gave the final approval to Parasnath Rai.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024, 21:42 IST