October 29th 2023.
Rajiv Yadav, the former chairman of the District Cooperative Bank and president of the BJP state working committee, held a rally of his supporters in Dhar on Sunday. The rally was seen as an attempt to convince the party's top brass to either change their ticket or face his candidacy as an independent.
Yadav was challenging the candidature of Neena Verma, who was pitted against the Congress candidate Prabha Gautam in the Dhar constituency. This decision by the BJP has caused unrest among many of the party's leaders. After all, Verma has already been elected three times from Dhar, while her husband and former Union minister Vikram Verma is also a four-time MLA from Dhar. This has led them to question the top leadership's decision and ask how long they have to accept the Verma family as their leader.
At the rally, many of Yadav's supporters and even some corporators from Dhar and Pithampur were present. After addressing the media persons, Yadav declared that he would contest as an independent candidate unless the party changed their ticket. He cited his decision to join Vikram Verma in 2008 when Balmukund Singh Gautam, who was involved in liquor business, contested on the Congress ticket.
The BJP has already fielded Pannalal Shakya from Guna and Mukesh Tandon from Vidisha for the MP elections in 2023. It remains to be seen how the party will respond to Rajiv Yadav's rally and his ultimatum.
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