The BJP is pestered with the rebellious attitude of ticket claimants. Office-bearers and workers of Dillivar Kurmi Kshatriya Samaj of Durg district, demanding party ticket to Preetpal Belchandan from Durg rural staged a pitched protest and raise sloganeering at the BJP office here on Friday. Meanwhile, the BJP workers of Vaishali Nagar, demanding ticket to Daya Singh, staged protest on Ekatma Parisar.
Dozens of office-bearers and workers Dillivar Kurmi Kshatriya Samaj, under the leadership of Durg district president Ramsahay Deshmukh, reached Ekatma Parisar on Friday afternoon and demanded party ticket to Preetpal Belchandan from Durg rural. They said that Belchandan has continuously been linked with the cooperative movement and had received award from the President also. By giving ticket to such a person, the party could ensure victory from the seat.
The protesters said that they have continuously been demanding party ticket to Belchandan. But he has not yet been given the ticket. Several other ticket claimants are from Durg Rural, however, the party did not declare candidate from the constituency so far.
The protesters said that they would meet big leaders of BJP and place their demand before them. Madhav Prasad Deshmukh, Virendra Dilliwar, Sevakram Deshmukh, Umendra Singh, Kalicharan, Prajapati, Anandram, Premlal, Ghanshyam, Jhummuklal, Mongrabai, Saraswati, Motin, Renuka and others participated in the protest.
Dozens of BJP workers from Vaishali Nagar assembly constituency, under the leadership of Sumeet Mukherjee, Sukhvinder Singh, Anand Pandey, Kamal Vishwas, Prakash Choudhary, Prabha Devi Choudhary, Radha Singh, Pradeep Kumar protested at the BJP state headquarters on Friday afternoon. They said that candidate from Vaishali Nagar constituency has not yet been declare, hence Daya Singh should be made candidate from the seat. They said that Singh has been working with the party for a long time. The party would be benefited if the ticket was given to him, they added.