Will pacify rebels: Himachal state BJP president Kashyap

Tribune News Service

Mandi, March 25

The municipal corporation (MC) elections due next month, the BJP will pacify rebels, contesting the elections as Independents after the denial of ticket. There are 15 wards in the Mandi MC.

Addressing mediapersons here today, Suresh Kashyap, state BJP president, said, “The BJP will make efforts to persuade the rebels to withdraw their candidature till March 27.”

He said, “The BJP will win the MC elections in Mandi, Dharamsala, Palampur and Solan under the leadership of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Mandi is the home district of the Chief Minister and we are hopeful that people will support the BJP.”

He said Opposition leaders had tried to mislead the people of newly constituted MCs that after the elections, heavy taxes would be imposed on them. They would not get jobs under MGNREGA.

“However, the government has said that no taxes will be imposed in the first tenure of the MC, while jobs will be provided to the needy under the Mukhyamantri Shahri Ajeevika Guarantee Yojana in urban areas on the pattern of MGNREGA,” he added.

Ashray Sharma, son of Anil Sharma, is campaigning for Congress candidates in Mandi. In the last Lok Sabha election, Anil Sharma did not campaign for the BJP candidate because his son was the Congress candidate from Mandi.

Kashyap said the Congress was a divided house, which would be an advantage for the BJP.