Haryana: BJP conducts ‘opinion’ poll in every district to select suitable candidates

Rohtak, August 11

In a different kind of exercise, the BJP on Sunday conducted a survey at every district headquarters across the state under which local leaders and workers of the party voted to select three ‘most-suitable’ candidates for his/her Assembly segment in the upcoming poll.

For this exercise, the party had invited office-bearers of the state, district, mandal units and various cells of the party besides former MLA, MP, the party’s representatives in urban local bodies, zila parishads and panchayat samities, etc.

“The party leadership had prepared a list of all those party leaders and workers who were invited to cast their vote. A slip was printed on which everyone was to write down names of three suitable candidates with preference of first, second and third for his/her Assembly segment. After writing the names, the slip was put in a box,” said an office-bearer of the BJP.

He maintained the same process was adopted in all district headquarters to get the opinion of the party leaders and workers about prospective candidates. Incharges were also appointed for smooth conduct of the survey.

BJP’s state co-media in-charge Shamsher Singh Kharak said the party’s senior leaders took the workers’ opinion about “suitable” candidates for all 90 Assembly segments in a day.

“Now, the incharges of the survey at the district level will prepare their reports and submit those to the party leadership for final selection of the candidate for the Assembly poll. During the survey, the party workers also gave their suggestions in writing about their Assembly constituency concerned. On the basis of the survey’s outcome, the party leadership will chalk out further strategies,” Kharak added.

Sources claimed that the opinion poll had been conducted to find out candidates who are liked most by the party leaders and workers of their Assembly constituency.

“The number of the ticket aspirants is very high in the majority of the Assembly constituencies in the state. Hence, the party may also get a survey conducted at its level to single out winnable candidates,” sources added.