Internal discord seems to be increasing in BJP regarding ticket in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. A video of former minister and senior BJP tribal leader Ganesh Ram Bhagat is going viral. In this he is seen crying and addressing the workers. Sanad Ganesh Ram Bhagat was seeking ticket from Jashpur Assembly. Tribal Suraksha Manch’s national convenor Ganesh Ram Bhagat addressed the workers and cried after not getting the ticket. However Live Hindustan does not confirm the authenticity of this video.
Ganesh Ram Bhagat said that if it did not happen now, he went to Jashpur. BJP has fielded Raimuni Bhagat from Jashpur. If sources are to be believed, three big leaders were claiming the ticket from Jashpur. These included senior tribal group leader Ganesh Ram Bhagat, District Panchayat President Raimuni Bhagat and District President Sharda Pradhan. The party had also conducted a survey regarding these three names. Raimuni Bhagat seemed to have the upper hand among these contenders. If sources are to be believed, BJP did not want to take any risk from this assembly seat.
If we look at the results of the last assembly elections, we find that for the first time in 35 years, BJP had to face defeat from Jashpur Assembly by 8 thousand votes. This is the third time that Raimuni Bhagat has been elected President of District Panchayat Jashpur. She has also been a member of the State Women Commission from 2016 to 2018. She is considered a strong woman leader of BJP. He is considered a staunch opponent of the Pathalgadi campaign.
Just before the 2018 assembly elections, the Pathalgadi campaign had gained momentum in Narayanpur and Bagicha police station areas of Jashpur district. No local leader was seen opposing it. At that time Raimuni Bhagat had come into limelight and had uprooted the stones buried by Pathalgadi supporters. Then the pictures of Raimuni Bhagat uprooting the stones became a topic of discussion. There has been fear of movement of Pathalgadi supporters in these registered areas. These are the reasons why Raimuni Bhagat, who started her political journey as a District Panchayat member in 2005, has the upper hand among the ticket contenders.