The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 67 candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections this evening. As soon as this list was released, there was a stampede in the Haryana BJP. From the state president of the BJP Kisan Morcha to the party’s vice-president and many former MLAs have also resigned from their posts. There is talk of some of them joining the opposition Congress.
Those who have resigned so far include BJP Kisan Morcha state president and former MLA Sukhwinder Singh Sheoran. He has resigned from the primary membership of the party and has publicly announced it by writing ‘Goodbye BJP’ on Facebook. He was a contender for the ticket from Badhra seat but the party has given the ticket to Umed Patuwas from here. Sukhwinder has written a letter to BJP state president Mohal Baroli saying that he is resigning from all the posts of the party. Apart from him, BJP state executive member from Uklana, Seema Gaibipur has also resigned from the primary membership of the party.
BJP Kisan Morcha Charkhi Dadri District President Vikas alias Bhalle Chairman has also resigned. There is talk of BJP ticket contender from Meham Shamsher Singh Kharkada also leaving the party. Ticket contender Shamsher Gill from Uklana of Hisar district has also resigned from the party. At the same time, two contenders from Gurugram, GL Sharma and Naveen Goyal, have also rebelled against the party and called a meeting of their supporting workers. There is talk that Haryana BJP State Vice President GL Sharma may join the Congress. He said that when jobs are being given without expenditure-slip in the BJP government, then why this criterion was not adopted in giving tickets. Sharma said that he will decide on the future strategy in the next two days.
Despite the anti-incumbency wave, many current ministers and MLAs got tickets
In the first list of 67 candidates of BJP, the party has cut the tickets of many sitting MLAs and defeated MLAs, who were seen to be active in their respective constituencies. However, tickets have been given to many such sitting ministers and MLAs, against whom there is an anti-incumbency wave in their area. The survey report had stated the poor condition of these ministers and MLAs, despite this they managed to get the ticket.
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Old leaders are angry over giving tickets to party hoppers
After the release of BJP’s list, old party leaders in many districts are angry. These include former ministers and MLAs. The party has declared many turncoats as candidates, which is not being liked by the hardworking leaders of the party. If political experts are to be believed, more than a dozen leaders may rebel against the party in the next two days. BJP has given tickets to many such turncoats who left Congress and JJP and joined the party.
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Shruti Chaudhary, granddaughter of former Chief Minister Bansi Lal and daughter of MP Kiran Chaudhary, has been given ticket from Tosham. Former minister Anoop Dhanak has been given ticket from Uklana, former minister Devendra Babli from Tohana and Ramkumar Gautam from Safidon. Jindal family, which was claiming ticket from Hisar, has also got a shock. Current MLA and minister in Saini government Kamal Gupta has again got ticket from here. Sanjay Kablana and former jail superintendent Sunil Sangwan have also been given tickets.
