Only ‘Tai’ can admonish me: Narendra Modi on Sumitra Mahajan
PTI, May 13, 2019, 9:42 AM IST
Indore: Praising Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for her “dedication” towards work, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that she was the only BJP leader who could admonish him.
Addressing an election rally here, Modi said, “As the Lok Sabha speaker, ‘Tai’ (as Mahajan is popularly known in the constituency) has carried out her duties in a skilful and controlled way. It is because of this, she has left an indelible impression on the minds of people.”
Mahajan, an eight-time MP, had last month opted out of contesting the general elections saying she had freed the party to make its choice. The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who turned 76 last month, had said that there had been speculations whether the party would field someone who has crossed the 75-year age bar.
She had, however, maintained that she would continue to work for the BJP and campaign for it. She is the first woman MP to win a record eight consecutive elections. In 2014, she had defeated her nearest rival, Satyanarayan Patel of the Congress, by a staggering margin of 4,66,901 votes.
The BJP had later announced the candidature of Shankar Lalwani for the Indore Lok Sabha seat. Lalwani, who was earlier the chairman of the Indore Development Authority (IDA) chairman and president of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), is from the Sindhi community and is making his Lok Sabha poll debut. He will be fighting against Congress’s Pankaj Sanghvi.
Polling for the Indore seat will be held on May 19, in the last phase of parliamentary polls.
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