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JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi’s son Amrish joins BJP in Lucknow
🔴 "Had I joined the JD(U), people would have accused us of indulging in dynastic politics. So I decided to join the BJP that is the largest democratic organisation in the world,” Amrish Tyagi said.
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JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi (File)Janata Dal (United) national general secretary KC Tyagi’s son Amrish Tyagi on Sunday joined the BJP in Lucknow in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, the joining committee head Laxmikant Bajpai, and state vice-president Daya Shankar Singh.
Several leaders from different political parties, including the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and other social organisations too joined the ruling party at its state headquarters. The new joinees expressed their faith in the nationalistic policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Asked why did not join the JD(U), Tyagi said, “I have experience of election management. I was planning to join politics and work around the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). My father party was a part of the NDA for over 20 years. Had I joined the JD(U), people would have accused us of indulging in dynastic politics. So, I decided to join the BJP that is the largest democratic organisation in the world.”
Asked if he had plans to contest the upcoming UP elections, Tyagi said, “I want to start from zero. Whatever responsibility BJP will assign to me, I will follow that as a worker.”
He said the decision to join the BJP was “absolutely” his own. “I asked my father and he told me that he is a very democratic person — both inside the house and outside — and that I am free to take my own decision,” Amrish Tyagi said. — With PTI inputs
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