(ET)
BJP is witnessing dissidence and protests after it announced candidates’ list for the Gujarat assembly polls.
Several party workers reached Kamalam, the swanky headquarters of the ruling party in the outskirts of Gandhinagar, on Sunday and “warned BJP of consequences if their demands aren’t met”. Also, many workers took to the streets to protest either the dropping of the sitting MLAs or repeating the unpopular ones.
BJP workers admit that while post-ticket allocation resentment is not new to the party, the scale of protest unleashed this time around is unprecedented. “Absence of Modiji has emboldened the ambitious candidates,” said a mid-level Ahmedabad-based worker.
