Ballia (UP), Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar, who has been fielded by the BJP from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday said he is still attached to the socialist ideology and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. Criticized. SP) for allegedly dismantling the ideas of Ram Manohar Lohia.
Neeraj Shekhar told on phone, "Socialist ideology should not be linked with SP. I am still personally associated with socialist ideology."
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate's claim assumes significance as his late father was a supporter of socialist ideology and a vocal critic of the saffron party.Chandrashekhar's entire family is currently in BJP. His elder son Panka Shekhar and younger son Neeraj Shekhar are in the saffron party, while his grandson Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu is a BJP member in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Neeraj Shekhar, who was previously SP MP from Ballia, said that a wrong perception is being created about the socialist ideology.
He said, "SP claims to be associated with the socialist ideology, but in reality it has abandoned it. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia had raised the slogan of breaking caste barriers, whereas today SP is raising the flag of caste census.,
In its Lok Sabha election manifesto released by party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, the SP has promised to conduct caste census by 2025 if voted to power.
Neeraj Shekhar, who lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Ballia to BJP's Bharat Singh, was denied a ticket by the SP in the general elections after five years.
Talking about it, Neeraj Shekhar said that it was a dark day of his life when he was denied the election ticket from Ballia, which is considered to be the traditional seat of Chandra Shekhar's family. Although he was made a Rajya Sabha member by SP, Neeraj Shekhar left the party and joined BJP in July 2019.
BJP on Wednesday announced the candidature of Neeraj Shekhar in place of outgoing Ballia MP Virendra Singh Mast.In 2019, the saffron party had given the election ticket to Mast in place of then MP Bharat Singh.
Born on November 10, 1968, in Ibrahimpatti village of Ballia district, Neera Shekhar entered politics after the death of his father and contested the 2007 Lok Sabha by-election on SP ticket.
Chandra Shekhar was a Rajya Sabha member from 1962 to 1977. He also represented the Ballia constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1977 until his death due to serious illness on 8 July 2007.
During this period, he lost an election only once, in 1984.This election was held after the anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Chandrashekhar contested the 1989 Lok Sabha elections from Ballia as well as Maharajganj in Bihar and won both the seats, although he later resigned from Maharajganj.
Voting will be held in Ballia on June 1 in the last phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. SP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have not yet announced their candidates from this seat.
Neeraj Shekhar told on phone, "Socialist ideology should not be linked with SP. I am still personally associated with socialist ideology."
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate's claim assumes significance as his late father was a supporter of socialist ideology and a vocal critic of the saffron party.Chandrashekhar's entire family is currently in BJP. His elder son Panka Shekhar and younger son Neeraj Shekhar are in the saffron party, while his grandson Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu is a BJP member in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Neeraj Shekhar, who was previously SP MP from Ballia, said that a wrong perception is being created about the socialist ideology.
He said, "SP claims to be associated with the socialist ideology, but in reality it has abandoned it. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia had raised the slogan of breaking caste barriers, whereas today SP is raising the flag of caste census.,
In its Lok Sabha election manifesto released by party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, the SP has promised to conduct caste census by 2025 if voted to power.
Neeraj Shekhar, who lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Ballia to BJP's Bharat Singh, was denied a ticket by the SP in the general elections after five years.
Talking about it, Neeraj Shekhar said that it was a dark day of his life when he was denied the election ticket from Ballia, which is considered to be the traditional seat of Chandra Shekhar's family. Although he was made a Rajya Sabha member by SP, Neeraj Shekhar left the party and joined BJP in July 2019.
BJP on Wednesday announced the candidature of Neeraj Shekhar in place of outgoing Ballia MP Virendra Singh Mast.In 2019, the saffron party had given the election ticket to Mast in place of then MP Bharat Singh.
Born on November 10, 1968, in Ibrahimpatti village of Ballia district, Neera Shekhar entered politics after the death of his father and contested the 2007 Lok Sabha by-election on SP ticket.
Chandra Shekhar was a Rajya Sabha member from 1962 to 1977. He also represented the Ballia constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1977 until his death due to serious illness on 8 July 2007.
During this period, he lost an election only once, in 1984.This election was held after the anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Chandrashekhar contested the 1989 Lok Sabha elections from Ballia as well as Maharajganj in Bihar and won both the seats, although he later resigned from Maharajganj.
Voting will be held in Ballia on June 1 in the last phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. SP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have not yet announced their candidates from this seat.
