With municipal elections solely months away, and the BJP dealing with a three-time anti-incumbency wave, discontent is brewing amongst a piece of the celebration’s Delhi unit leaders.
BJP spokespersons Tajinder Bagga and Harish Khurana are stated to be upset over the state management not being given “due representation and responsibilities” for a while.
Bagga, who has over 7 lakh followers on Twitter, eliminated the credentials of his celebration from the bio of his deal with. It had earlier learn “BJP Spokesperson”, which he later modified to “BJP worker, BJP MLA candidate Hari Nagar Vidhan Sabha, Volunteer”.
A senior BJP chief stated that Bagga was sad at not being given the submit of youth wing president earlier and as a substitute continued as spokesperson. “Last week he was removed from three WhatsApp groups for party spokespersons, but was re-added on Tuesday. However, he left these groups,” stated a senior BJP chief, who is among the spokespersons of the celebration.
When contacted, Bagga stated it’s the celebration’s job to touch upon the matter.
Sources stated former Delhi CM Madan Lal Khurana’s son Harish Khurana additionally give up a lot of the celebration’s WhatsApp teams, together with these of spokespersons and office-bearers, as he was sad over not getting sufficient illustration within the celebration’s platforms. Sources stated being a senior member of the Delhi BJP, Khurana feels uncared for.
Khurana had earlier threatened to resign from the spokesperson’s submit, which he has held for greater than ten years, as he’s pushing for an office-bearer’s submit. He had additionally sought ticket in final 12 months’s meeting elections, however was denied.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP media chief Naveen Kumar tried to minimize the incident and stated that Khurana is a really a part of the celebration’s WhatsApp group, whereas Bagga “must have changed his phone”.
Senior celebration leaders stated that many leaders who had been a part of the staff of former Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari haven’t been given any celebration submit this time. This consists of former vice-president Shazia Ilmi, former basic secretary Ravinder Gupta and Rajesh Bhatia, who’ve distanced themselves from the state management.
“We have a battery of skilled people who find themselves politically robust. Some of them have a following on social media and a few on the bottom. Each has its personal significance. There is lower than a 12 months left for the MCD elections and if now we have to carry out properly, now we have to carry everybody collectively.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
