BJP Doesn’t Believe in Dynastic Politics: Gadkari

In an attack apparently on AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP President Nitin Gadkari has said that his party doesn’t believe in dynastic politics, reported PTI.

In his first presidential address at the BJP leadership meet in Indore, he said that neither his father nor grandparents were prime ministers, said report.

“I was a simple worker of a party and today I am its president. This can happen only in the BJP. The BJP is not like other political parties where dynasty rules,” Gadkari was quoted as saying.

“My father was not the prime minister of the country, neither were my maternal great grandfather nor grandmother. We are a party with a difference,” he was quoted as saying.

BJP president’s remarks were obviously aimed at Rahul Gandhi, whose father Rajiv Gandhi, grandmother Indira Gandhi and great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru were all prime ministers.

Earlier, the national council of the party ratified Gadkari’s presidentship. Hailing his ascendance, senior leaders garlanded him, said report.

Gadkari was named the BJP president in December. He took charge this month.