Several MPs-MLAs defected after winning Lok Sabha-Vidhan Sabha elections on BJP ticket. Ocher camp is in a lot of trouble. This year panchayat election. Padma-Shibir wants to take precautions to prevent ‘decay’ there. So the BJP leaders took the strategy of retaining those who will win the Tristar Panchayat elections. In this case it is not mandatory, sources say that the potential party candidates have to make a ‘verbal agreement’ with the party to get the BJP ticket in the panchayat elections.
What exactly is going to happen? Candidates who win panchayat elections cannot switch parties. BJP candidates have to give this promise. BJP held a meeting on Sunday regarding panchayat elections. The leaders of New Delhi also sat in a meeting with the members of the Panchayat Committee. It was decided there that additional importance should be given in the selection of candidates. Not all party changers can be given tickets. Prospective candidates should check past history, image at local level. And if he wins, the concerned candidate will also have to investigate the possibility of party change in advance, according to the sources.
What exactly is BJP saying? A state BJP leader, who did not wish to be named, said, ‘The painful memory of the jersey change is still fresh. Therefore, this decision has been taken to be cautious in the run-up to the Panchayat elections. So that the winning panchayat is not lost. However, how many seats can candidates be given? There is also doubt about the percentage of which we will win. After the election of 1999, it was seen that the MPs and MLAs who won on BJP tickets went to Trinamool Congress. The party does not want to pay for it
What else is known? It has already been decided to give importance to local leaders-activists as a new approach to prevent party infighting in the district. On this day, the Panchayat Committee sat under the leadership of Mangal Pandey, Asha Lokrad. There, one coordinator has been appointed to conduct panchayat elections in each organizational district of the party. Local leaders became the main controller in these elections. Hence BJP faces have been given extra importance. If everything goes well, panchayat elections will be held in January. In that case, it remains to be seen whether there will be a change in the state organization by then.