Himachal News: BJP and Congress Candidates Will Get Tickets on Public Feedback, Survey Started
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that after receiving the application, further action will be taken. Himachal Pradesh Congress President Pratibha Singh told Diary Times correspondent Kumud Sharma that an important decision to invite applications for party tickets has been taken in the screening committee meeting.
CM Sukhu, State Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister were also present in the screening committee meeting. - Photo: Diary Times
- Lok Sabha Elections: Congress candidates in Himachal will be selected through survey, application fee will be Rs 10,000.
Those applying to become Congress candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh will be selected on the basis of survey. After conducting a survey in the four parliamentary constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, the names of the best applicants are going to be sent to the screening committee. All interested leaders of Congress Party must deposit a fee of Rs 10,000 along with the application at Rajiv Bhawan, Shimla. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Himachal Pradesh Congress President Pratibha Singh along with Screening Committee Chairman and former Minister of State for Railways Bhakta Charandas agreed in the meeting of the Congress Party High Command held in New Delhi late on Monday evening. On the lines of Assembly elections, the Congress Party high command has now taken an important decision of inviting applications for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections also.
Congress party sources said that the date of application will be decided this week. Along with Himachal Pradesh Congress Headquarters, applications will also be invited through all the District Congress Committees. After the shortlisting process, the screening committee will conduct a field survey of the applicants at its level.
Through the survey, the pulse of the public and Congress party workers is going to be gauged about the applicant’s popularity, dedication, image and history of the society and the Congress Party. A proposal to give Congress party tickets to Congress party leaders found to be better will be sent to the Congress party high command. The screening committee will shortlist the names and form a panel and send it to the Congress party high command for approval.
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that after receiving the application, further action will be taken. Himachal Pradesh Congress President Pratibha Singh told Diary Times correspondent Kumud Sharma that an important decision to invite applications for party tickets has been taken in the screening committee meeting.
Congress party high command will decide on the names of candidates on the recommendation of the screening committee –
In the meeting of the Congress Party High Command held in New Delhi, the screening committee of Himachal Congress has also informed the Congress Party High Command about the names of three possible candidates from each of the four parliamentary constituencies. However, later the Congress Party High Command took an important decision of inviting applications and agreed to consider the names of the candidates later.
Congress party sources said that from Kangra parliamentary constituency Former minister and MLA Sudhir Sharma, Vice President of Himachal Tourism Development Corporation Raghuveer Singh Bali, Minister Chaudhary Chandra Kumar, From Hamirpur parliamentary constituency MLA Rajendra Rana, Indradutt Lakhanpal, former MLA Satpal Raizada, from Mandi parliamentary constituency MP Pratibha Singh, Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh and former minister Thakur Kaul Singh, From Shimla parliamentary constituency The names of Assembly Deputy Speaker Vinay Kumar, MLA Vinod Sultanpuri, State Chairman of SC Department Amit Nanda have been discussed.
Central Leadership will take the final decision on Lok Sabha candidates in Himachal BJP – Dr. Rajeev Bindal
BJP is conducting the second round of survey to select candidates in Himachal Pradesh. The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party is looking for all the winning candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The names of the candidates are also being discussed with the common people and their feedback is being taken. BJP has three out of four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal. Three seats include Hamirpur, Kangra and Shimla parliamentary constituencies. In the last two Lok Sabha elections, BJP has won all four seats consecutively. The Congress party had won the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in the by-election. In the second survey of BJP, it is being kept in mind that in which areas there is anti-incumbency among the current MPs. Apart from this, feedback is also being taken from the common people on the qualities of the sitting MPs and other potential candidates. The first round of BJP’s survey for the Lok Sabha elections has already been conducted.
Himachal BJP State President Dr. Rajeev Bindal has refused to say anything on the subject of the second survey. Dr. Rajiv Bindal said that whatever decision is taken to decide the ticket in BJP, it is taken at the level of central leadership only.
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