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Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who has handled several portfolios such as Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Railways, Finance, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, textiles and more, is all set to contest the Lok Sabha election 2024 . The BJP candidate contesting from the Mumbai North seat is campaigning extensively every day. In an interview with The Hindu , Mr.
Goyal said the election is going to be an easy clean sweep for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in all the seats in Maharashtra. In your three decades of political career, you have never contested direct elections before. What was the need to contest for election when you have been a minister through Rajya Sabha? The party leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji thought that many of us who have been in Rajya Sabha for two or three terms should now look at going into the people’s court, getting connected directly with the people and in a way also experiencing the ground realities and situation, so that we can do our job better.
As an MP, since 2010, you have handled several portfolios. How excited are you for yet another new role? I am hugely excited because for 40 years I have been working for the party in various elections in different roles, always supporting other candidates to get elected. This is the first time I am a candidate.
It gives me an opportunity to understand candidates’ psychology and I think this will help me emerge as a much more sensitive person, getting on the ground, engaging.
