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'Rank and file being polarized over castes, sub castes' BJP at civil war over reserved seats 7/24/2014 11:47:04 PM Abodh Sharma Jammu, July 24: The aspirants of party mandate for the seven reserved seats of Jammu region have been ravaged by bitter factionalism and rivalry has broken out amongst candidates belonging to various castes and sub castes for getting the mandate for seats reserved for candidates of reserved categories. While there is by and large a consensus within BJP to repeat mandate to the sitting MLAs who have been elected from reserved candidates including Durga Dass from Hiranagar, Bharat Bhushan Bodi from Raipur Damana and Gharu Ram Bhagat from R S Pura, sources within the party divulge that Bali Bhagat, the state general secretary of the party is trying to throw spanner in the scheme of things by trying to carve out a reserved seat for himself. "He is trying to engineer a divide within the schedule caste leaders and workers of the party for his vested interests," said a party functionary pleading anonymity. "He should contest from Ramban from where he comes as it is also a reserved seat, but he knows that he has no public support there and has ruined the party in that district hence he is trying to create a chaos here" he added. Sources also say that since he belongs to Bhagat community, he is trying to polarize the scheduled caste rank and file of the party on the basis of sub castes. Sources divulge that there is deep resentment within the party as Bali Bhagat has reportedly finalized seven candidates of his own community which include Dina Nath Bhagat from Chenani, , Dr. Gagan Bhagat from RS Pura, Subhash Bhagat from Samba, Prem Lal from Hiranagar, and himself from Raipur Domana, ignoring sitting MLA Bharat Bhushan. Sources also divulge that he has been vying for another candidate from his own caste, namely Jagdish Bhagat from Khour, another reserved constituency, ignoring Chaman Lal Kanathia, who contested on BJP ticket against Dy CM Tara Chand and got over 23 thousand votes in the last Assembly elections. "Strangely, the general secretary is pressing for Jagdish Bhagat, who contested on same seat on BSP ticket and got just 232 votes" said another party functionary. It is pertinent to mention here that there are 7 reserved Assembly seats in the state, all of them in Jammu division, of which three seats were won by BJP candidates in last elections. Beneath BJP's highly ambitious mission 44+ in forth coming elections to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, lies an organization that is bitterly polarized and marred by groupism and false ego of its leaders and even an overwhelming victory at the centre has not been able to unite various factions within the state unit of the party.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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