Despite the fact that BJP took lead in terms of disclosing names of the candidates for local bodies election and post of Mayor in Kumaon division in the State, it has now become mandatory for the party to introduce potent measures for overcoming factionalism while finalising the names of candidates for the post of mayors of remaining three corporations in the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand.Couple of senior veteran leaders participated in the Parliamentary Board meeting held on second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Although supporters of leaders started gathering at the state party's office since Wednesday morning, the list for candidates has not been finalised for the rest of the seats. Sources revealed that the names of only those candidates were preferred by the party leaders who were not only deserving but also having good image in public. Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun has become hot seat as the BJP will leave no stone unturned to win the seat for second consecutive term.
Sources told that apart from Dehradun Mayor, Vinod Chamoli, Umesh Agarwal and Vinay Goyal are in the fray for the post of Dehradun Mayor.
Sources said that handful section of the party is completely against the Chamoli. To avoid any tussle between factions, the party has nominated Ex BJP state President Bacchi Singh Rawat, Ex MP Manohar Kant Dhyani and Balraj Passi as the heads of Dehradun, Haridwar and Roorkee municipal corporations for finalising the names of councillors.
The heads responsible for finalising the name of councilors in the municipal corporations will try to read the minds of party activists after having meetings with Mandal president, district presidents, office bearers and different wings of the party and are likely to finalise the name of the candidates after having consent with veteran party leaders.
After having rounds of dialogues with veteran party leaders at the State party office, the party has finally issued the second list of the candidates for the local bodies election. The party has fielded Jogender Rautela, Soni Kohli and Shiksha Chowdhury for Haldwani municipal corporation, Rurdapur municipal corporation and Kashipur municipal corporation respectively.
Additionally, Ajay Verma has been fielded in Almora, Krishananad Maithani in Srinagar, Sudha Gupta in Uttarkashi, Mamta Kaparwan in Gopeshwar, Ashok Khatri in Agastyamuni, Dinesh Thakur in landhaura, Rakesh Nautiyal in Rudraprayag, Avinash Joshi in Gauchar and Subhash Nautiyal in Chinyalisaud.
However, party sources revealed that the names of remaining municipal corporations of the Garhwal division are likely to disclose on Thursday.
It is not only the parliamentary board (election committee) which has become a major cause of concern for the party, the fact that even the district committees are also pushing the name of. Refusing to accept that the delay in releasing the list was due to any pressure from anywhere, party veteran leaders said that releasing of the list comprising remaining names was a matter of only a day now.