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For that elusive ticket

March 13, 2019 10:36 pm | Updated 10:36 pm IST

FILE PHOTO: People walk inside the premises of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

The BJP headquarters in New Delhi is awash with ticket hopefuls from across the country, all seeking facetime with party president Amit Shah. So much so that junior leaders and Union Ministers were being collared by the hopefuls for a meeting with Mr. Shah. To calm what could become flared tempers, Mr. Shah on Wednesday sat for nearly an hour and met with over a hundred ticket seekers and if not a promise of a ticket, at least gave them the satisfaction of having lobbied at the highest levels in the party. Some internal meetings of the party were postponed due to the exercise.

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