Kirron Kher: I was excluded from the campaign

Chandigarh: Reacting to the BJP’s defeat, MP Kirron Kher today criticised BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon for keeping her away from the election campaign and not publicising the work done by her in the last 10 years. Speaking to the Chandigarh Tribune, she termed the party’s defeat as “very sad”. “I was kept out. I asked the local party president the reason for not including me in the election campaign. He smiled and said it depends on the candidate.

Instead, the candidate’s family was included in the election campaign,” Kher said. “In 10 years of our tenure, we did a lot of work. We also did a lot of development in the colonies. But, those works were not highlighted before the public. Ministers Smriti Irani and Anurag Thakur came here, but I was not even aware of it. I was invited to the nomination and UP CM Yogi Adityanath and JP Nadda’s rallies because it was inevitable.” The two-time MP said, “We need to introspect. Leaders here only want to keep yes-men around them.” He claimed that he was not even aware of any tampering of ballot papers by Anil Masih in the mayoral election.