Following the footsteps of Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced that the ticket aspirants from Chandigarh would have to submit Rs 11,000 demand draft with an application before February 5.
Earlier, Congress had issued directions for the ticket aspirants to submit a demand draft of Rs 10,000 with an application.
In the meeting of Chandigarh BJP Election Committee held under in-charge of Chandigarh party affairs, Arti Mehra on Monday, it was decided that the ticket aspirants should submit Rs 11,000 and their application before February 5.
It was decided that after receiving the applications, screening of applications will be done by the Chandigarh BJP Election Committee and the list of applicants will be sent to the high command for final decision.
Prior to lok Sabha elections, many party bigwigs are in the race to get party’s ticket from Chandigarh parliamentary constituency seat. The ticket aspirants include Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon, former city MP Satya Pal Jain, former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan, Purshottam Mahajan among others. The infighting among local leaders have paved way for an outsider — Kirron Kher, to become a con tender to get BJP’s ticket to contest in elections from Chandigarh.
While talking to The Pioneer, Sanjay Tandon, Chandigarh BJP president said that it has been unanimously resolved that interested aspirants can submit their applications till February 5 before 5 pm. The forms will be available at BJP office, Kamlam, Sector 33 from 10 am onwards on Tuesday.
Earlier, the party had failed to decide on party’s candidate following ruckus during ballot exercise organised last week. About 400 party workers were called to vote for their preferred candidate but the ballot process was cancelled after the party workers came to blows.
Out of the power for more than a decade, the BJP is trying hard to wrest Chandigarh seat from Congress in the upcoming lok Sabha polls. In city Congress, MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, president District Congress Committee urban I HS lucky, former senior deputy Mayor Bhupinder Singh Badheri, former councillor Chander Mukhi Sharma, Chaman lal Sharma and Kewal Ram are contenders in race to get ticket.