The State BJP headquarters these days gets crowded with supporters and protestors arriving in throngs for various ticket seekers who travel long distances to submit their memorandum to the State leadership and Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence.
On Tuesday, a large number of women from Chitrakot Assembly constituency arrived in the city and headed straight to the Chief Minister Raman Singh’s residence and met him besides BJP’s National
Co-general Secretary (Organization) Saudan Singh to demand that MlA Baiduram Kashyap should not be allowed to re-contest from Chitrakot. The women instead proposed the name of District Panchayat President lachchuram Kashyap as their candidate from Chitrakot.
The women were reported to have complained to the Chief Minister that sitting MlA Baiduram Kashyap had been inactive in his constituency and development work had remained at a standstill.
The women who were accompanied by many of the party workers from the constituency were reported to have told that if Baiduram Kashyap is offered ticket again, they will not work for the party.
On the other hand, a ticket seeker Santanu Sahu alongwith chiefs of Sahu Samaj also met senior party leaders at the BJP office and demanded to be offered a ticket to contest from Raipur Rural.
There were other ticket seekers such as Ramuram Sahu and Ashok Rajput who demanded a ticket to contest from Rajim.
The Chairman of Scheduled Caste Commission Devlal Dugga also arrived as a ticket seeker to contest the polls. BJP leader Ramesh Yadu met Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence to demand a ticket. All the ticket seekers have been arriving with an army of supporters to meet the Chief Minister and other senior BJP leaders in the city.