The BJP currently has 303 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the Rajya Sabha. Of these 388, 45 MPs have dynastic linkages — around 11 per cent.
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But the BJP has added several dynasts in the Rajya Sabha, including four out of 17 in the last round of polls held in June 2020. Currently, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Vivek Thakur, Udayanraje Bhosale, Leishemba Sanajoaba, Nabam Rebia, Neeraj Shekhar and Sambhaji Chhatrapati
In the Lok Sabha too, the BJP has numerous dynasts in its camp — Anurag Thakur, Dushyant Singh, Poonam Mahajan, Pritam Munde, Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma, and B.Y. Raghavendra.
state level — Shivraj Singh Chouhan expanded his Madhya Pradesh cabinet, he included Om Prakash Saklecha, son of former CM Virendra Saklecha, as a minister. Chouhan’s cabinet also includes Vishvas Sarang, son of senior BJP leader Kailash Sarang
Nearly 20% of the candidates fielded by BJP in Maharashtra assembly elections are from political families, including CM Devendra Fadnavis.
Right from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, son of former Legislative Council member Gangadharrao Fadnavis, to Pankaja Munde, daughter of late Union minister Gopinath Munde, and Rohini Khadse, daughter of former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse. Talking about dynasts!
Haryana: Prem Lata, wife of BJP leader Birender Singh, and Aditya Chautala, grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal. Keep your mouth shut BJP!
Piyush Goyal, the son of the late BJP Treasurer Ved Prakash Goyal.
Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh is the son of former state Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. Poonam Mahajan, MP from Mumbai North Central, carries forward the legacy of her late father Pramod Mahajan.
Pankaja Munde, the daughter of late Gopinath Munde, is a Minister in the BJP government in Maharashtra.
Devendra Fadnavis is the son of Gangadharpant Fadnavis, who was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and his aunt Shoba Fadnavis was a state Minister.
Minister Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun Gandhi can be counted as well.Kiran Rijiju is the son of Rinchin Kharu, who was the first pro-tem speak of Arunachal Pradesh.
Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh is an MLA from Noida in Uttar Pradesh as is the case with senior leader and MP Lalji Tandon whose son Asutosh is an MLA from Lucknow East.
Vasundhara Raje herself the daughter of one of BJP's founders Vijayaraje Scindia, has her son Dushyant in the Lok Sabha. Her sister Yashodhara Raje was for long a Minister in the Madhya Pradesh and continues to be an MLA there.
Sahib Singh Verma's son Parvesh Singh Verma is an MP from Delhi. Former Delhi Assembly Speaker Charthi Lal Goel's son is current union Minister Vijay Goel.
B.S. Yeddyurappa is an MLA and his son B.Y. Raghavendra was recently elected from Shimoga Lok Sabha seat.
Then there is Jayant Sinha, MP from Hazaribagh and a Union Minister, the son of BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha.
Then there is Jayant Sinha, MP from Hazaribagh and a Union Minister, the son of BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha.
Rajvir Singh, son of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and present Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, is an MP from Etah.
Dharmendra Pradhan is the son of Debendra Pradhan, who was a Minister in the Vajpayee government.
Hey don't forget Jyotiraditya Scindia
Stop fooling the nation Mr.Amit Shah. Oh wait Jay Shah was the captain of the Indian cricket team..no?
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