Gujarat assembly elections 2022: Madhu Shrivastava ‘jokes’ he wants his wife to contest polls

VADODARA: Six-time BJP MLA Madhu Shrivastava was in limelight again for the wrong reasons on Wednesday when he stated that his wife will contest elections. He later claimed that he was only joking and BJP did not believe in promoting relatives.
Uncertainty prevailed over the BJP ticket for Shrivastava on the Waghodiya seat. He, however, has been saying repeatedly that he was confident that the party will choose him as a candidate.
On Wednesday, Shrivastava told media persons that the party will take a call regarding his ticket. He added that he was not very keen to contest the polls this time and wished that his wife did so. When asked if the party would give a ticket to his wife, Shrivastava said that as a husband he was saying that she would contest and that he could give her a ticket. Later, however, the motormouth leader realized his goof and claimed that it was a slip of tongue. He tried to damage control claiming it was said in a lighter vein and that BJP did not believe in promoting relatives.
Waghodiya has emerged as a seat that the BJP is finding difficult to decide on as Shrivastava is a strong candidate while another suspended BJP member Dharmendrasinh Waghela who had contested as an independent in 2017 may contest the polls again.