Placatory work to persuade the angry leaders deprived of party ticket is going on in BJP.
The party has also been decided poll campaign in-charge of candidates for the four seats of Raipur. Raipur North ticket claimant and state vice-president Sachchidanand Upasane is being made the poll campaign in-charge of the party candidate Shrichand Sundarani.
According to sources, Upasane is very angry over not getting party ticket. His supporters have been staging demonstrations for the last many days. Chief minister Dr Raman Singh and other party leaders had tried to persuade him. Upasane has calmed down after convincing efforts of the leaders. He was proposed to become the poll campaign in-charge of Raipur North candidate Shrichand Sundarani, but he was not ready for that. later tourism minister Brijmohan Agrawal had a discussion with him.
It is said that state in-charge Jagat Prakash Nadda held separate discussion with Upasane on Tuesday. According to the sources, after discussion with the state in-charge one more ticket claimant Sanjay Shrivastava is also being persuaded. Sundarani himself had gone to meet him, but his anger did not die down. As per reports, he preferred to electioneering in Nandgaon, the assembly constituency of chief minister Raman Singh, rather Raipur North. Mahesh Bais, brother of former union minister Ramesh Bais will hold the election operation of Raipur West candidate Rajesh Munat.
When contacted by The Pioneer , Upasane said that the party had requested him to manage the poll campaign for Sundarani but refused to comment further. Munat has appointed four different in-charges, Ratan Daga, Govardhan Khandelwal, Praful Vishwakarma and Omkar Bais. Another ticket claimant from Raipur North and RDA chairman Sunil Soni will be the poll campaign in-charge of Raipur South candidate tourism minister Brijmohan Agrawal. Soni was the poll campaign in-charge of Agrawal, last time also.
Discussion is on over the poll campaign in-charge of Raipur Rural candidate Nandkumar Sahu. In the last election, Mahesh Bais and Shyam Bais had held the responsibility of election operation of Sahu. The candidate had urged to responsibility of election operation to Seeds Corporation chairman Shyam Bais, but he denied taking over this responsibility due to different reasons.