Even as last date for withdrawal of nominations in the Municipal election is scheduled on Friday the protest of the candidates in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unabated.
Annoyed with the ticket distribution in the BJP, many party activists continued their protests in the city. On Thursday, they gheraoed the bungalow of Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta.The activists were demanding change in the declared candidates for the municipal elections scheduled on January 31. They also carried placards seeking change in candidatures in ward number 25 and 34.
However, the minister came out and discussed the issue with them and tried to pacify them. But the annoyed workers did not listen to him and returned. later, they also reached the State BJP headquarters to register their protest. They had been alleging that an outsider has been nominated in the ward, while there were a lot of claimants in the ward itself.
From ward number 34, the BJP has nominated Sushma Sahu, while there were several other claimants in the ward.Besides, in a unique protest of the ticket distribution, a party worker Ramesh Shakya, whose daughter-in-law was denied party ticket, reached the BJP headquarters along with his supporters and pledged to donate eyes, alleging that the party has lost the eyesight.
The party workers handed over a memorandum in this regard to the senior party leader Tapan Bhowmik. After discussing the issue with Bhowmik, they agreed that they would work towards victory of party candidate.Meanwhile, BJP State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan Chouhan replying media queries said that the meeting of the appeal committee has been completed. All the complaints received by the committee were considered and it was decided that there is no need for candidate change in any of the four corporations going to polls, he added.