BJP elects presidents in 16 of 17 districts
With elections for the BJP presidents in 16 of the 17 Organisational Districts being completed today, the possibility of BJP getting its next state president by the end of this month cannot be ruled out.
The State Election Officer for the organisational polls Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj, Lok Sabha MP from Kangra, said the elections in 16 of the 17 organisational districts had been completed. “While nine District Presidents had been elected unanimously yesterday, the election was completed in seven districts today,” he stated.
“Those elected as District Presidents today include Keshav Chauhan (Shimla), Arun Falta (Mahasu), Rakesh Kaka (Nurpur), Rakesh Thakur (Hamirpur), Krishan Lal Chandel (Bilaspur), Sachin Sharma (Kangra), Yashwant Singh Manju (Kinnaur),” revealed Sanjeev Katwal, Co- State Election Officer.
Those who were elected District Presidents yesterday included Dheeraj Naryal (Chamba), Ragini Rakwal (Palampur), Ajay Khatta (Dehra), Amit Sood (Kullu), Hira Lal (Sundernagar), Nihal Chand Sharma (Mandi), Ratan Singh Pal (Solan), Dheeraj Gupta (Sirmaur) and Rigzin Hariyappa (Lahaul Spiti).
The BJP’s central leadership has appointed Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh as the Election In-charge for Himachal. It is expected that the election process will be complete by the end of January or early next month with the election of the next BJP state president.
State BJP president Rajeev Bindal said it is due to the efforts of party workers that the membership drive had been completed. “We now have 18 lakh ordinary members and 27,000 active members. The process for constituting 12 member committees at the booth level had been completed in 7750 of the total 7990 polling booths, he said.
Bindal said the BJP as an organisation was being strengthened by including booth presidents and heads of Mann ki Baat programme, women, youth and senior citizens cells. “In Himachal, the BJP had 74 mandals at the constituency level which have now been increased to 171. Out of 171 mandals, presidents in 143 mandals have been elected,” he said. The election process was nearing completion in the stipulated 90 days period, he added.
