JAIPUR: The headquarters of ruling Congress and Opposition BJP in Jaipur paint contrasting pictures. While the Congress office wears a deserted look with most of the leaders camping in Delhi for the finalisation of tickets, the BJP office is bursting with activities.
Ticket seekers and their supporters have thronged the party office in large numbers at the BJP office while the leaders are busy in meetings. Party in-charge Arun Singh, Union minister and manifesto committee chairman Arjun Ram Meghwal and Opposition leader Rajendra Rathore were busy in meetings.
The management of the party office is also in a very professional and corporate style at the BJP office. The party had hired the services of professional security services to control the crowd at the main gate as well as the chambers of the leaders while maintenance staff cleaned and watered the lawns.
A party leader said, “Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit the state on October 14 and the leaders are busy with the preparations. The presence of these leaders in the party office makes the difference. Since the leaders are here the ticket seekers are making a last-ditch attempt to impress upon them and stake their claim for party tickets.”
The Congress office on the other hand mirrors the opposite. No leader of consequence could be found in the party office. A worker said “all the leaders are now camping in Delhi as screening committee and central election committee meetings are going on there. Till the tickets are decided, they will not return to the state.” The Congress had claimed that it would announce tickets early this time but so far, the wrangling among the leaders is said to be delaying the process. The BJP took the lead by announcing 41 tickets where in 40 constituencies the party was facing successive defeats.
Opposition leader Rajendra Rathore on Thursday claimed that among the seats where party candidates were announced, the party would register an 85% victory while the seats where the party had an edge, is being finalized.
He also said the protest by some leaders after denying tickets it was a reflex action. He said, “Now after three days no protests and you will see complete unity in the party as BJP is a cadre-based party.”
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