Sunil Dutt Dwivedi, son of slain BJP Cabinet minister Brahm Dutt Dwivedi, will contest from the Farrukhabad seat. BJP veteran Lalji Tandon’s son Ashutosh Tandon got the ticket yet again from Lucknow east. And who is Chauhan — a nephew of Hukum Singh who contested on a BJP ticket and stood second to SP’s Nahed Hassan in the 2014 byelections, losing the election by 1,100 votes. Now if he or she happens to be the son or daughter of a politician, why should that matter,” asks Shastri. And let’s not forget another familiar family face: chacha Shivpal ( Jaswantnagar).Says political commentator Sharat Pradhan: “Indian politics will never change.

Source: Economic Times January 28, 2017 17:40 UTC