Gujarat: Questions raised in BJP on selection of candidates

Workers who work in BJP for 30-40 years do not get tickets. But leaders coming from Congress become ministers. Recruitment fairs going on in BJP proved to be costly for BJP this time. Congress leaders resign in the morning, join BJP in the afternoon. Getting tickets in the evening is not a good thing. If they win, they will become ministers. In this election, BJP had 26 thousand defections. BJP President Chandrakant Patil himself had announced that I have transferred 18 thousand workers to BJP.

The Lok Sabha elections may have ended in Gujarat, but the resentment in BJP remains. Jayesh Radadia of Radadia family, who left Congress and joined BJP in IFFCO elections, has challenged the party by rebelling against the party.

Before the elections, workers had protested over the selection of candidates. After this, candidates were changed on 2 seats. Now after the elections, former MP from Amreli Narayan Kachadia has raised questions on the state leadership and the selection process. While thanking the workers in the workers’ conference, he said in his address that ‘Today, the lowest voting took place in Amreli in the entire state, the main reason for which is the indifference of BJP workers. It takes 10 years to make a worker, but it takes only 5 minutes to break him. Today there are many leaders in the district who did not give tickets to those who asked for tickets and gave tickets to people who do not even know how to speak. This is a big reason for the decline in voting percentage.

Workers who work for 30-35 years do not get tickets, but leaders coming from Congress become ministers. Regarding the recruitment fair going on in BJP, he said that Congress leaders resign in the morning, join BJP in the afternoon and get tickets in the evening, this is not a good thing. People should be taken from the other side but our workers should not be sidelined.’ In this election, only 1.5 lakh votes were cast in Amreli Lok Sabha constituency, the main reason for which was the indifference of voters and workers. This happened because they are upset with your policy. He also said that the party gave me ticket three times, I have no regrets, but the candidate who has been selected does not even know how to speak, this is a betrayal to your workers and the public. We will win this seat this time too but the lead will be less.’

This is the first time that a former BJP MP has raised questions on the party’s selection process and policy. It is believed that the party has faced upsets on many seats in the elections. Now it remains to be seen whether any other big leader emerges in the coming days or the party will take any action against them. (Google translation from Gujarati)