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| Sitting BJP MLAs raise banner of revolt | | Mission 44 plus may end in fiasco | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 10: Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) mission 44 plus in JK may end up in a fiasco as its most senior leaders and sitting MLAs, who were denied mandate by the party high command, have either joined other parties or are contemplating to contest the forthcoming elections as independent candidates.
According to sources the rising dissidence and brewing resentment among the party men after the announcement of names of candidates has turned the tables on the party which is riding high on the Modi wave.
Sources said that BJP is facing dissidence in almost in every assembly segment of the Jammu region with former MLAs either contesting elections on the tickets of other parties or as independents.
The sitting MLAs of Party including, Jagdish Raj Sapolia and DurgaDass have joined Congress and Panthers Party respectively to contest the election on their tickets from Basholi and Hira Nagar Assembly segments respectively while Master Lal Chand sitting MLA from Bani has also announced to jump into the poll fray as an independent candidate.
The party MLA from ReasiBaldev Raj Sharma is trying to seek mandate from PDP or contest as independent while the MLA R S Pura, Prof Garu Ram is yet to take a final decision.
However, the BJP MLA from Raipur Damana Bharat Bushan has given up the idea to join NPP on the persuasion of senior party leaders in the state.
There is also dissidence in Udhampur where senior Party leader, Pawan Gupta is all set to contest the elections as independent against the BJP's official candidate after denial of ticket to him by BJP High Command.
In Billawar the BJP activists have warned to go on indefinite fast in case an outsider is thrust upon them while there is also a brewing resentment in Reasi unit of party against the fielding of a weak candidate.
The BJP leader GirdhariLal who had filed papers on party ticket from Ramban constituency by manipulating the mandate in his favour after the party rejected his nomination as candidate today joined NC.
Besides there is dissidence in Khour Assembly segment as well as Akhnoor also. In Khour Assembly segment the party leader ChamanLalKanathia has said that he would contest as independent while in Akhnoor senior BJP leader's son is going to contest as an independent candidate.
Sources said this shows that BJP's Mission 44+ is not a cake walk for the party and in case the dissidents are not roped in the party would face an awkward situation. However no senior leader from Delhi has so far intervened and tried to set the house in order. |
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