Election on the threshold, Chauhan Kshatriya Kalyan Mahasabha has demanded that either of the two major political parties in the State-Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party - should make a Chauhan community member as candidate in the forthcoming Assembly polls.
They have warned that they would plunge into the electoral scene on their own by fielding an Independent candidate in case the community does not figure in the candidate list of either of the two principal parties.
To step up pressure on the Congress, they have said that they might field an Independent candidate for the prestigious rural Haridwar seat from where the Chief Minister’s daughter Anupama Rawat is likely to contest the upcoming election.
Speaking to The Pioneer, national president of the Mahasabha Jaipal Singh Thakur said, “In the Khanpur block of laksar tehsil of Haridwar, 'Kshatriya Samaj' people, residing in eight villages, are bereft of the means of employment.
To leverage them developmentally, the two major political parties should nominate a member of the community to contest the election.
This would go a long way in alleviating their miseries,” he said, adding that if their plea goes unheeded the community would put up an Independent candidate to fight for its cause.