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| Barring Shilpi, BJP still undecided on candidates | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 30: Still unable to reach at a consensus on the list of its candidates, the Bhartiya Janta Party has said that it will campaign for empowerment of Jammu region. Earlier the party had claimed that through its ‘certain’ success in the ensuing elections the BJP will make Jammu epicenter of power.
Meanwhile, the tug of war still continues in BJP over distribution of tickets to the aspirants for ensuing assembly elections even as it is veering around one name –Shilpi, wife of Kuldeep Verma who had allegedly committed suicide during Amarnath land transfer row.
BJP General Secretary and incharge of Jammu and Kashmir affairs, Arun Jaitly today hinted in New Delhi that Verma’s wife Shilpi may be fielded as party candidate in one of the constituencies in Jammu district.
At the end of a hectic round of consultations, the the state election committee of BJP has sealed future of 60 party nominees before forwarding their names to the central election committee for final approval.
The announcement of the candidates names is likely to made on October 31 at the end of the meeting of the party's parliamentary board, party sources said, Senior BJP leader and in charge Jammu and Kashmir affairs Shanta Kumar who chaired the meeting of the state election committee told media persons inJammu, we have forwarded a list of 60 candidates for approval of the party high command.
He said the BJP will draft its campaign revolving around issues of internal security, corruption and price rise. He said the BJP is hoping to garner support of people of Jammu to provide them political power. He said the Amarnath land transfer row helped in uniting people of the region and made them aware of the discrimination happening for the past 60 years. Shanta Kumar said that BJP would field candidates to ensure people's mandate.
In the backdrop of recent stir in Jammu for its "rights", BJP is all set to capitalise on the sentiments in the coming Assembly polls as it has decided to focus its campaign on securing "political empowerment" of the region.
"The party would contest the polls with a call for more political power for Jammu region and adequate say for the people of the region in the state's affairs," party General Secretary Arun Jaitley said in New Delhi.
Jaitley, who is also the party's election incharge for the state, said the campaign would focus on the demand for proportional expenditure of funds among the three regions -- Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh -- in the state.
"It is about justice, and it is about use of state exchequer in a justifiable way so that Jammu gets its due share. Our campaign would be against the Srinagar-centric administration in the state," he said. Buoyed by the Amarnath land agitation steered by the Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, the saffron party is slated to rake up the issue in the ensuing elections. |
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