Public brawls to ‘threatening’ cops, how senior BJP leaders’ sons are giving party a headache
One of the incidents involves the son of Prahlad Patel, a former Union minister who is now a cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh government.Others who’ve been in the eye of a storm are Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot’s grandson, Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa’s son, Uttar Pradesh minister Ravindra Jaiswal’s son, Madhya Pradesh state health minister Shivaji Patel’s son and Odisha Governor Raghubar Das’s son.Analysts said the incidents have damaged the party’s image.
Bhopal-based political analyst Girija Shankar told ThePrint that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in Delhi, his thrust was to end the VIP culture in governance and politics. But the spate of incidents involving BJP leaders’ children shows that “everybody wants to be a VIP, whether it’s...