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New Delhi/Bengaluru:Former Union minister and six-time MP Anantkumar Hegde is the latest among firebrand leaders missing from the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) list of 407 candidates for the Lok Sabha election...
During the cabinet meetings, during the Parliamentary party or even in BJPs internal meetings, the PM used to make it a point to highlight that the focus should not be on them but the policies and development work carried out by the government, said another senior BJP leader...
PM Modi has been pointing it out for quite some time and even in his cabinet meetings and parliamentary party meetings, he told BJP MPs to not make any controversial statements..
Controversial statements hurt these relations.At a time when the party is confident of returning to power, it doesnt want to carry this baggage and hence these leaders were dropped, the leader said.. Firebrands not a rare resource for BJP ..
However, one of the BJP leaders claimed that the denial of tickets was more to do with keeping anti-incumbency in mind as the party wants to meet the target of 400 paar and not because of the statements made by the leaders...
