EAR TO THE GROUND Young turks battle it out in LJP's Samastipur bastion
Business Standard|May 08, 2024
"Pranam Chacha, apan beti ko vote dena (greetings uncle, please vote for your daughter)," said 25-year-old Delhi School of Economics (DSE) graduate Shambhavi Choudhary, who was trying to connect with the people of Samastipur, a town 80 km from Patna.
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EAR TO THE GROUND Young turks battle it out in LJP's Samastipur bastion

The huge crowd, mostly women, was trying to engage with one of the youngest candidates in this Lok Sabha election.

A third-generation politician and daughter of Ashok Choudhary, Bihar's rural works minister, Shambhavi is contesting from the Samastipur reserved constituency on a ticket of Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).

"Dynastic politics sees it as natural for somebody to do something that their parents have been doing.

It's a very natural thing that you usually grow up in that environment and start aspiring for this thing. Not just in politics, you would see the same thing in the case of children of doctors, engineers or businessmen,” said Shambhavi while talking to Business Standard in Samastipur.

She added that the talk of nepotism in Bollywood and politics is because we are in public life.

"And, people have the right to pass judgments on us. So that's why this gets highlighted. I am a well-educated person who deserves to be in politics.

We are looking forward to such people as a woman who's educated, who comes from a political family, who is a Dalit, and who is from Bihar," she added.

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