After a long delay and much mulling over, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally declared that Munni Devi, the widow of late Magan lal Shah would be its candidate from Tharali assembly constituency, the by- election for which would be held on May 28. Munni Devi would file her nomination papers on May 10 which is the last date of filing nominations.
The long drawn suspense on the name of the official BJP candidate was cleared on Tuesday evening when the central election committee of the party declared the name of Munni Devi from Tharali along with candidate for Kairana lok Sabha by- election in Uttar Pradesh and some other Vidhan Sabha by- elections UP, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Expressing happiness at the declaration of candidature of Munni Devi, the state party president Ajay Bhatt said that her victory in by- election is a foregone conclusion. He said that the organisation of the party is fully geared up for the by-election and claimed that party candidate enjoys a huge public support. Attacking the Congress party and some other people for trying to usher in a misinformation campaign in the area, Bhatt added that their sinister designs would not succeed.
Meanwhile, the party organization is readying itself for the task of filling of nomination papers of Munni Devi and chalking about the plans of visit of senior party leaders. It is learnt that the party intends to demonstrate its organisational capabilities by organising a massive show of strength at the time of filing of nomination papers of Munni Devi.
The State media in charge of the party, Devendra Bhasin said that the National Vice President and Uttarakhand in charge of BJP, Shyam Jaju, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, state party president Ajay Bhatt, State general secretary (Organisation), Sanjay Kumar, Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’, state cabinet ministers Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat and Dhan Singh Rawat would be present at the time of nomination of Munni Devi. He added that large number of party workers would also be present on the occasion.