Mayawati cancels candidate's ticket after feet-touching pic on FB


Aligarh, Jan 13 (PTI): BSP has cancelled the ticket of its Atrauli seat candidate for the 2017 assembly polls Sangeeta Chowdhury on grounds of indiscipline, after she posted a picture on Facebook in which she and her children are seen touching the feet of party supremo Mayawati.

The picture reportedly left Mayawati miffed, resulting in the cancellation of Sangeeta's ticket.

BSP district President Arvind Aditya said Sangeeta's ticket was cancelled due to indiscipline. He, however, did not divulge further details.

Sangeeta's husband, Dharmendra Chowdhury was earlier the candidate from Atrauli seat, but was murdered in January 2015. His wife Sangeeta was drafted in as his replacement.

Saddened at the action against her, Sangeeta said it was not her intention to upset Mayawati.

"The motive behind uploading the picture on Facebook was not to upset Mayawatiji but to show my opponents that she is with me and I will win the elections," she said.

Sangeeta said she would apologise to the BSP supremo for the act.

  

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 14 2016

    Impact of excessive respect. Kya soucha hoga or kya hogaya. Now the only option to get the ticket back is touch the feet again, but this time without uploading in FB.

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  • Bhaskar Acharya, Shirva

    Thu, Jan 14 2016

    In all private political parties (including Congress) the culture is same i.e to touch feet or lift the chappals of party leader!

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  • Ramakrishna A K , Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 14 2016

    T N Chief Minister Jayamma would have rewarded the people who post such feet touching photos on facebook.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jan 14 2016

    In spite of not knowing how to operate a Computer,
    Our Politicians are well informed about Twitter & Facebook ...

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Fraze Town,B'lore 560005

    Thu, Jan 14 2016

    Self servers cannot serve others.

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Wed, Jan 13 2016

    BSP candidate Sangeeta Chowdhury and her children touching the feet of Mayawati was she wanted!
    But posting that scene in FB, and back fire from public has become a unforeseen problem.
    These leaders seeking so much self glorification, what will they do to the public?
    Self servers can't serve others!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Jan 13 2016

    Only Feet Touching and no ticket?
    Mayawatiji also used to hold Kanshi Ramji's feet and that is how she climbed up the ladder....Everyone knows...

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  • Stan, Udupi/ Dubai

    Wed, Jan 13 2016

    Amma should learn lesson from Maya, where even ministers are falling to her feet in public.

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