‘Centre calling shots, muffled state leadership’: Inside Rajasthan BJP rebellion over poll tickets

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New Delhi: The BJP is busy dousing fires in its faction-ridden Rajasthan unit, which erupted in protests in the wake of the partys first list of 41 candidates released last Monday for the poll-bound state...

Over the past week, fights have broken out over at least a dozen seats, especially those on which MPs have been fielded, including Vidyadhar Nagar, Jhotwara, Kishangarh, Nagar, Tonk, Sanchore, and Kotputli...

BJP sources told ThePrint that disgruntled ticket aspirants and their supporters are not following state leaders command to make peace and work together for the official candidate...

Hemet Rajasthan unit leaders in Udaipur and Jodhpur Monday and asked them to set the house in order and contain rebellion as early as possible, sources said.. Narayan Singh Panchariya, head of BJPs election management committee, told ThePrint: The party has deputed several leaders in different regions to mollify those who are angry and we are hopeful they will listen to the senior leaders in order to defeat the Congress (currently in power in the state)...

A committee formed by the BJP last Tuesday underBarmer MPand Union minister Kailash Choudhary to mollify disgruntled leaders and dissuade them from contesting against party candidates is also facing protests and sloganeering from the supporters of rebel leaders...

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