Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 2: Although the Parliamentary Board of the party has changed the name of only one candidate in the list issued earlier, the BJP high command has reportedly taken serious note of the protests against the alleged “wrong” distribution of tickets.
Highly placed sources said that instead of depending on local leadership, the BJP's high command has rushed some central leaders to start the damage control exercise.
On the directions of the central leadership, some leaders from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh reached Jammu to reach out to annoyed leaders.
Highly placed sources said that lists of potential candidates prepared by the J&K BJP leadership were entirely different from the recommendations of the two private survey agencies. “Names suggested by the survey agencies were not incorporated in the panels of the potential candidates prepared by the local BJP leaders”, sources said and added that instead of looking into the pote The BJP high command has reportedly taken serious note of the protests against the alleged “wrong” distribution of tickets.
Instead of depending on local leadership, the party high command has rushed some central leaders to start the damage control exercise.
Lists of potential candidates prepared by the J&K BJP leadership were entirely different from the recommendations of the two private survey agencies.
Attempts to pacify leaders and workers upset over the distribution of tickets have been unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, BJP attempts to pacify leaders and workers upset over the distribution of tickets for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections have been unsuccessful.
Despite efforts by senior leaders, rebel candidates like advocate Suraj Singh Parihar and BJP's Yuva Morcha leader Rocky Goswami continue to contest as Independents.
The party faces revolt on several seats in the second and third phases of the elections. Supporters of Rohit Dubey have threatened to field him as an Independent candidate if their demands are not met. Locals in Chhamb and Ramgarh assembly segments have also protested against the imposition of "outsider" candidates.
The first phase of elections will take place on September 18, followed by the second phase on September 25, and the final phase on October 1, with counting scheduled for October 8. | 