Raipur, November 29
After polls, State leaderships of BJP and Congress are identifying disgruntled partymen who were indulged in anti-party activities to defeat official candidates. On the basis of post-poll analysis by both the parties by far, number of saboteurs is more in BJP than Congress. Presently, the two parties are preparing list of saboteurs and have hinted of taking action against them after announcement of poll results on December 8.
In BJP, several candidates met CM Raman Singh and senior organisational leaders immediately after elections and informed them about sabotage in their constituencies. These candidates have also submitted list of dissenters who were involved in anti-party activities.
The party leadership then held one-to-one talks with each and every candidate about sabotage in their areas on November 28 and 29. The outcome was astonishing. The party discovered that sabotage was done in more than 35 constituencies.
The BJP had won 50 seats in previous elections. To counter anti-incumbency factor, the party dumped its 13 sitting MLAs. Besides, it denied ticket to several aspirants who were confident of their victory. The party had predicted damage in 15-18 seats, but was confident of winning almost all of them. The party is said to have incurred major damage in Bastar and Sarguja divisions were it had won maximum seats in last polls. Now, it is tensed after new revelation and is reassessing the seats where it will post victory despite sabotage.
State BJP president Ramsewak Paikra too admits of sabotage in several seats, however he refuses to tell the exact number. He also confessed that he too had faced resistance from dissenters in his constituency.
The story in Congress is completely different. Before polls, the party was divided into two major camps, one belonged to former CM Ajit Jogi while the other was of organisation itself. Suddenly Rahul Gandhi formula clicked in the last minute and the leaders who were at loggerheads called truce.
Besides, to minimise resistance, the party gave tickets to 35 out of its 38 sitting MLAs. Of the remaining three, while one was axed, the other two voluntarily cleared way for their kin. In addition, the party announced to establish Upper House in the State, i.e. legislative council after coming to power and promised berth to dissenters.
Although, State Congress president Charandas Mahant has learnt about anti-party activities in few constituencies including that of leader of the opposition in State assembly Ravindra Choubey, he claimed that his party fought 2013 polls united in all seats. According to information, the party is likely to incur damage in about 8-10 seats.
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