BJP Chandigarh Election Committee meeting was held on Sunday evening under Arti Mehra, BJP in-charge for Chandigarh Affairs.
As many as 19 ticket aspirants had submitted their applications to get BJP’s ticket to contest upcoming lok Sabha elections from Chandigarh constituency seat. The Committee members have decided that the final decision on candidate’s name would now be taken by Aarti Mehra and Ajay Jamwal. Earlier, Aarti Mehra held one to one meeting with all 19 ticket aspirants and later convened a meeting of Chandigarh BJP Election Committee, said a senior BJP leader.
The leader said that the committee members have reached a consensus on the issue and a decision taken by Mehra and Jamwal would be accepted by all applicants. The leader added that the party also decided to return the Rs 11,000 fee charged from the applicants but the ticket aspirants decided to contribute the money to the party’s cell.
The ticket aspirants including Chandigarh BJP President Sanjay Tandon, former MP Satya Pal Jain, Former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan, National Secretary and in-charge of J& K and Himachal Pradesh Mahila Morcha Asha Jaswal, senior deputy Mayor Heera Negi, Deputy Mayor Davesh Modgil, former vice president Purshotam Mahajan and Mata Ram Dhiman, former councillor Ranjana Shahi, District President BC Puri, former BJYM president and district president Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, former District president and convener of Trader Cell Vinod Aggarwal, former District President Mahesh Gupta, BJYM vice-president Harjeet Singh among others had submitted their applications for the candidature of the upcoming lok Sabha polls.