A brand new title added to that is veteran Congress chief and former Kerala Chief Minister AK Antony and his son Anil Ok Antony. Anil joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on April 6.
The senior Antony was a member of the legislative meeting 5 instances and in addition reached Rajya Sabha 5 instances. He was a part of the Union Cabinet thrice and the chief minister of Kerala for an equal variety of instances.
When PTI-Bhasha requested Anil Antony about his transfer to BJP, he mentioned it was actually a troublesome resolution, but “we have to do one thing significant”. He mentioned the Congress, in which his father spent his life and due to which he’s recognised, is immediately heading in a “harmful” route.
The senior Antony, nevertheless, expressed disappointment after his son joined the BJP, terming it a “mistaken resolution”, and mentioned he himself would stay a Congressman until his final breath. Antony was 37 years previous when he grew to become the chief minister of Kerala for the primary time.
There are many different situations the place the mom or the daddy represented one occasion all through their life, but their son, daughter, daughter-in-law or different relations joined one other occasion.
Bhushan Desai, son of Subhash Desai, a distinguished chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) who may be very near Uddhav Thackeray, left the occasion and joined the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde. Subhash Desai had then mentioned his son might have switched sides, but his loyalty would stay in direction of Shiv Sena, Matoshree, the late Balasaheb Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray.
This checklist of rebels additionally features a distinguished title from Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s household. His youthful daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav left the SP and joined the BJP forward of the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections in 2022.
Similarly, Mayank Joshi, son of BJP chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, joined SP in the course of the UP meeting polls.
Prayagraj MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi needed a ticket for her son from Lucknow Cantt, but the BJP management didn’t hearken to her. After this, Mayank joined the Samajwadi Party.
Another distinguished title is that of Janardan Dwivedi, who was the Congress normal secretary (organisation) for nearly a decade and a half and was near Sonia Gandhi. His son Sameer Dwivedi joined the BJP in February 2020.
Father in one occasion and sons in different events. The largest instance of that is seen in Haryana. The two sons of Indian National Lok Dal founder and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala are related to totally different events.
His elder son Ajay Singh Chautala and his grandson Dushyant Chautala shaped the Jannayak Janata Party after variations in the household. Dushyant is presently the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana.
Om Prakash Chautala’s youthful son Abhay Singh Chautala is presently INLD’s principal normal secretary. These days, he’s main the Haryana Parivartan Yatra. Recently, Om Prakash Chautala additionally participated in this yatra.
Somewhat comparable is the story of the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy is the president of YSR Congress. His sister Sharmila, who was with him for a very long time, has shaped her personal occasion, YSR Telangana Party. Jagan’s mom resigned as honorary president of the YSR Congress and joined her daughter in her endeavour. Sharmila’s occasion is especially lively in Telangana.
It’s the identical with Apna Dal, a regional occasion in Uttar Pradesh, based by Sonelal Patel, a distinguished chief of the Kurmi group. After his demise, a wrestle ensued in the household over his successor, which continues until date.
Apna Dal is presently divided into two factions. One is headed by Anupriya Patel, whereas the opposite is led by her elder sister Pallavi Patel.
Anupriya Patel is a minister in the central authorities, whereas Pallavi joined the SP over the past UP meeting elections. Pallavi Patel contested from Sirathu meeting and defeated Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Swami Prasad Maurya, who’s counted among the many tallest leaders of Uttar Pradesh, is in the SP, whereas his daughter Sanghamitra Maurya is a BJP MP.
In the checklist of families the place the daddy rebelled, BJP chief Yashwant Sinha’s title is certain to determine. He reached the BJP by means of the Janata Party, Janata Dal, but after Narendra Modi grew to become the prime minister, he was disillusioned with the occasion and later joined the Trinamool Congress. His son Jayant remained in the BJP.
Indian political families have a protracted historical past of rebellion.
However, probably the most distinguished amongst them was the rebellion of Maneka Gandhi, the daughter-in-law of the Gandhi-Nehru household. Separating from the household, in 1982, she shaped ‘Sanjay Vichar Manch’ in the title of her husband Sanjay Gandhi. Later it merged with Janata Dal. She additionally contested in opposition to Rajiv Gandhi as an unbiased candidate but was unsuccessful.
In the yr 2004, she joined BJP alongside together with her son Varun Gandhi.
