1,949 aspirants search BJP ticket for Surat civic company polls

As many as 1,949 ticket aspirants have submitted varieties to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observers from Surat forward of the native physique elections, get together sources stated. On February 21, a complete of 120 seats in Surat Municipal Corporation’s 30 wards are set to go to polls.
Ahead of the municipal company elections, the BJP had despatched a 21-member staff of observers to Surat to fulfill ticket aspirants and settle for their proposal varieties. The observers met aspirants at seven areas from January 23 to 25, get together sources stated.
During the three-day train, a complete of 1,949 candidates submitted proposal varieties to the observers who will analyse the functions after which ship them to the get together’s parliamentary board committee, which is able to take the ultimate name on the candidates.
Among the aspirants is newly appointed normal secretary of the get together’s Surat metropolis unit, Lalit Vekariya, an in depth aide of BJP state president CR Paatil. Vekariya is vying to contest from the civic ward quantity 7 within the upcoming elections from the town and has submitted an software to the get together, sources stated.
BJP employee Babbu Shaikh, brother of late Saeeda Shaikh, who had in 2010 contested municipal election from the BJP and misplaced, can be among the many ticket aspirants. Babbu can be seen as near Paatil and BJP MLA from Limbayat, Sangeeta Patil.
“I have demanded a ticket from the BJP from ward no 18 which has 35,000 Muslim voters. I have been loyal to the party and worked for implementing all the Central and state governments’ schemes. I also have contributed for the construction of Ram Temple and set up page committee… I fit the criteria laid by the party for shortlisting candidates, but it is up to the party to take a final decision,” Babbu Shaikh stated.
There are additionally 18 Muslim ticket aspirants from the get together within the metropolis. Of them seven are from ward no 18 (Limbayat, Parvat, Kumbhariya), sources stated.
According to BJP sources, 103 functions, the best, have been obtained from ward no 10 (Adjan, Paal, Ichhapore), adopted by 80 candidates every from ward no 13 (Wadifalia, Saiyedpura, Begampura) and ward no 8 (Dabholi Singhanpore). Lowest functions — 36 — had been obtained from the Patidar-dominated space in ward no 4 (Kapodara), whereas solely 43 ticket aspirants from the BJP submitted varieties to from ward no 7 (Katargam, Ved Road).
“The entire process of proposal submission by ticket aspirants had passed peacefully. This time, Muslims also had demanded tickets from the party. It will be the BJP’s parliamentary board committee that will take the final decision in the matter,” Surat metropolis BJP president Niranjan Zanjmera stated.