Destroying dynastic parties will give the youth a chance to rise in politics: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya

“The youth should champion the cause of destroying all dynasty-based parties, which will give more opportunity to young people. Launch a tirade against all those political parties that make politics and political parties the fiefdom of one family,” Surya told the audience.

“When the Shiv Sena becomes truly democratic, more people will start seeing hope in joining the party and becoming its leaders because they will see that if they are more capable, talented and hardworking than Aditya Thackeray they can also rise through the ranks and become leaders,” he said.

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Taking aim at the Congress, the BJP MP said, “If the Congress tomorrow decides that any youngster who is capable and committed to the party’s cause should be given an opportunity, and the party is not going to shove ideas of Rahul Gandhi down everyone’s throat, I think our democracy will benefit more.”

Shiv Sena clarity

Notably, the Election Commission had, on 17 February, recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the “bow and arrow” poll symbol to it.

The Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction to keep the “flaming torch” poll symbol allocated to it till the completion of the Maharashtra bypolls.

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