Denied ticket, triple talaq victim says BJP favours chor ckowkidars

  • | Monday | 1st April, 2019

The party has fielded Jaya Prada from Rampur.Samina claimed that she had met BJP’s top leadership, seeking ticket but was denied. In Samina’s case, she never applied for a BJP ticket. Bareilly: Denied a party ticket to contest from Rampur, a triple talaq victim from Sambhal, Samina Begum, has lashed out at BJP for preferring a “chor chowkidar” (security guard who is a thief) as its candidate instead of a woman who has been fighting for the rights of hundreds of other victim. Samina termed Jaya Prada as an opportunist who enjoyed the status of a Samajwadi Party MP for 10 years and now switched sides to join BJP. Only she can say who she was talking to in the party in Lucknow or in Delhi.”

Bareilly: Denied a party ticket to contest from Rampur, a triple talaq victim from Sambhal, Samina Begum, has lashed out at BJP for preferring a “chor chowkidar” (security guard who is a thief) as its candidate instead of a woman who has been fighting for the rights of hundreds of other victim. The party has fielded Jaya Prada from Rampur.Samina claimed that she had met BJP’s top leadership, seeking ticket but was denied. She also wrote a letter to DCP, Delhi, asking for security during election as she was facing threats to her life from radical groups.According to sources, Samina had announced her candidature as an Independent on March 12. On March 17, she told reporters that talks were underway with BJP leadership and soon, the party would declare her candidature from Rampur.She accused BJP of misleading public and never fulfilling its promises — be it Ram temple issue or the matter relating to triple talaq. Samina termed Jaya Prada as an opportunist who enjoyed the status of a Samajwadi Party MP for 10 years and now switched sides to join BJP. During her 10-year tenure as MP, Jaya Prada she did nothing for the development of Rampur’s residents, she added.Convenor of BJP’s of West UP traders’ cell Akash Saxena told TOI, “We have a procedure to follow in our party to apply for a ticket. First, the person who wishes to contest has to approach the district president who recommend his or her name to organization secretary in Lucknow. In Samina’s case, she never applied for a BJP ticket. Only she can say who she was talking to in the party in Lucknow or in Delhi.”

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