BJP infighting gains steam

GARHWA: Infighting in the Garhwa district BJP has been gaining momentum of late with the state working committee of BJP Kisan Morcha member, Pradeep Kemar Chaubey, accusing the district BJP president of not working towards strengthening the party's organization. "The party has been facing infighting ever since Raghu Raj Pandey was made district president," said an insider requesting anonymity.
On the other hand, Kisan Morcha Pradesh Karya Samiti member Mukteshwar Pandey, has alleged that the district president had been fanning feud in the party. Annoyed by the functioning of the district president, of total 35 members of the Nagar Untari Mandal (zone) committee, 26 had resigned just a day before the party's foundation day on April 5. Pandey, however, succeeded in wooing 11 of the 26 members, but the rest are still out of the committee, sources said.
Pandey said the prevailing infighting in the party is a temporary phenomenon which would soon be sorted out. "I am trying hard to redress grievances of workers," Pandey said.
But the fact is that the continuing infighting in the Garhwa district unit of the BJP has been doing damage to the party's image.