The notification for the Bharatiya Janata Party state president’s election to be held on Thursday was issued on Wednesday. The party’s central observer also reached Dehradun for this purpose.
However, till Wednesday evening there was no information about any contender procuring nomination papers for the election to the post of the party’s state president.
The BJP state election officer Balwant Singh Bhauriyal issued the notification for the election to the post of the party’s state president. This marked the formal start of the election procedure. The BJP State media in-charge Devendra Bhasin informed that the party’s central observer for the election, Union minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal had also arrived in Dehradun. The Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is expected to return to Dehradun on Thursday. Talking to The Pioneer, he said that till Wednesday evening, there was no information about any nomination papers being procured for the election.
Bhasin further informed that the procedure for the election of the next BJP State president will be conducted at the party’s state office on Thursday.
A meeting has been called on the occasion which will be attended by the state office bearers of the party, its district heads and members of the party’s state council.
The party’s central observer for the election, state election officer and co-election officer will conduct the election procedure. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will also reach the party’s state office after returning from Delhi in the afternoon, he added. It is pertinent to mention here that party leaders are waiting for the election process to conclude.
However, though the current party state president Ajay Bhatt was being stated to be looking forward to being re-elected to the post, he has rejected such talk. If sources are to be believed, former cabinet minister and current Kaladhungi MLA Banshidhar Bhagat could be a strong contender for the post.