'Loyal Workers Being Sidelined': Another Senior Haryana Leader Quits BJP
NDTV
Santosh Yadav was a vice president of the Haryana BJP and a former deputy speaker in the state Assembly.
In another setback for the BJP weeks ahead of the Assembly elections in Haryana, a vice president of the state unit has quit the party and accused it of prioritising leaders who have never worked for the organisation over those who have been loyal to it. The resignation of Santosh Yadav, who is also a former deputy speaker, follows a string of similar actions by leaders upset over being denied a ticket in the two lists of candidates declared by the party for the Haryana elections.
Sources said Ms Yadav was seeking a ticket from the Ateli Assembly seat, which has been allotted to Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh's daughter Aarti Singh Rao in the second list of 21 candidates released by the BJP on Tuesday.
In a letter sent to the president of the BJP in Haryana, Ms Yadav wrote in Hindi that her dedication to the party had been unwavering and she had followed its principles and policies in every situation.
