While preparations for municipal elections are in full swing, Delhi State BJP is likely to announce the names of district presidents. According to top sources in the party, district presidents will be given more responsibility as 20 councilors will report to their respective area presidents. Notably, there are 14 districts of Delhi BJP.
Many names are under active consideration of the party leadership. There are indications that the State BJP will accord more space to Poorvanchali faces as district unit presidents as the party is pitching to win their support.
A BJP functionary said that Virender Babar is leading the pack as Karol Bagh district president while,
Rajesh Bhatia and Bharat Madan are also in the reckoning. Rajiv Rana and Anil Shrama are vying to become the president of the New Delhi district president,” said BJP senior official.
Similarly, Parvesh Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Jiender Mahajan and Kailsah Jain are in the race for Shahdara district president. For Ksehavpuram district, Rekha Gupta, Sanjeev Sharma and Mahender Nagpal are being considered. For North East and Chandni Chowk districts, Raj Kumar Ballan, Rajni Abbi and Hariom Gupta, Praveen Jain are in the contention respectively, the sources added.
The party is trying to carry all sections along and equal representation will be given to them as BJP wants to present a cohesive face for the municipal polls, the sources said.
When asked about the wider representation to Poorvanchalis in the new set up, Jai Prakash, vice-president, Delhi BJP said, “It is true that Poorvanchali population will play a major role but party believes in national identity besides communities. “We are Indian first”, he said.