The date of filing of nomination for the first phase of election in Jharkhand has passed and yet wait is on for the names of candidates of almost all the important parties of Jharkhand for Hazaribagh Sadar constituency. Neither BJP nor Congress or JMM has revealed the name of their candidate from Hazaribagh Sadar constituency.
The distribution of tickets by almost all parties till now, alliance made by the parties, has increased the blood pressure of the probables and their supporters and now it is in talks that the front runners have changed their mind and they are now trying to get tatkal ticket of any party.
Before the announcement of election there were many names in all party as the probable of candidate for this Assembly segment. Among them some were said to be the front runners from their party and some were said to be in the waiting list. There was about a dozen names from BJP and Congress while half dozen names from JMM and JVM were also in talks.
The names of outgoing MlA Saurav Narayan Singh, Pradeep Prasad, Manish Jaiswal and some others were hot in talks and in peoples’ opinion they were the front runners from their party, but after the announcement of poll things changed rapidly. Saurav Narayan Singh is at the centre of these talks. It is in talks here that the Sindhiya Rajparivaar of Gwalior is lobbying for Ramgarh Rajparivaar for BJP ticket. If Saurav will not get tatkal ticket of BJP then his cousin Udaybhan Narayan Singh will get it.
The famous industrialist-cum-liquor king of Jharkhand-Bihar Manish Jaiswal is in the waiting list of BJP and according to talks he has lost his patience so he is looking for tatkal ticket from Congress or JMM and for it his relatives and close associates have already gone ahead.
AJSU has left Hazaribagh Sadar seat for BJP and now his must candidate Pradeep Prasad is also in search of a tatkal ticket. According to his close associates within 1-2 days it will be clear that Pradeep Prasad is either riding on Babulal Marandi’s train or boarding on Soren’s plane.
Meanwhile, party offices of almost all important parties have wore a deserted look. Nowhere there is a jubilation of election festival. In place of festive mood everywhere the volunteers are in anger and anguish and common bad words are on their mouths for their senior party leaders.