Infighting in Dehra BJP to fore again

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, February 17

Factionalism in the Dehra BJP once again came to the fore during a meeting chaired by in-charge of party affairs in Himachal Avinash Rai Khanna yesterday. Sources said that Khanna had called a meeting of the Dehra BJP unit to iron out differences between various factions.

Finger pointed towards RSS leader

Sources said BJP workers from Dehra and Jawalamukhi accused a senior RSS leader, who is calling the shots in the state, of fuelling infighting in the party

While the meeting was continuing, a former Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader along with his supporters came there. The party office-bearers attending the meeting objected to his presence. They alleged that as the former BJYM leader had contested as an Independent candidate against the official candidate of the BJP in the recently concluded Zila Parishad elections, he should not be allowed to attend the meeting. This led to arguments between the two factions and some of their supporters even abused each other. Seeing the situation aggravating, Khanna left the meeting venue.

The sources said that the BJP workers from Dehra and Jawalamukhi accused a senior RSS leader, who is calling the shots in the state, of fuelling infighting in the party. Earlier BJP MLA from Jawalamukhi Ramesh Dhawala had accused this RSS leader of interfering in his Assembly constituency.