Summary:
Lucknow, Jan 23 (PTI) In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, family ties are going through a test as closely related candidates pull out all stops in their hunt for tickets.
Driven with ambition, close relatives are trying to elbow out each other for a nomination in various assembly segments.
One glaring case of family tussle is in Sarojini nagar assembly seat in Lucknow, where minister Swati Singh and her BJP state vice president husband Dayashankar Singh are locked in a ticket race.
Another keen tug-of-war is witnessed in Amethi, where the first and second wife of former Congress stalwart Sanjay Singh are vying for the BJP nomination.
Garima Singh, Singh’s first wife, is sitting MLA of BJP from Amethi.
But when Sanjay Singh defected to BJP, his present wife Amita Singh emerged as her challenger.