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Ahead of municipal elections scheduled to be held in November in Punjab, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday told its MLAs that only winning candidates would be given party tickets after a through survey on their winnability.
Chairing the meeting of party organisation, national head of the AAP’s party organisation and Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak is learnt to have told all those present that “the organisation was supreme” and “only those
who would fare well in the surveys will be given a ticket. No push from any quarter would make anyone eligible for the party ticket,” a source told The Indian Express.
Sources said that during his address, Pathak said that district-level committees would be formed, headed by a minister. The committee would also have MLAs, district presidents, block presidents and neutral observers.
Thorough surveys would be conducted on the contenders for the tickets. Only those who pass these surveys would be given the tickets.
“It was a message that pulling strings or lobbying will not work. The tickets would be given on merit as the party does not want to take any chances. We were told that we have to work hard, build up the party. We were told that not individuals but organisation is supreme,” a source said.
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A leader said that the meeting was a monologue. “No feedback is taken. It appears that they have their own sources of feedback,” said the leader not wishing to be named.
The municipal elections — for urban local bodies, including five municipal corporations and 39 municipal councils and nagar panchayats — are scheduled to be held in November this year.
The elections to five municipal corporations of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Phagwara will be held in the first fortnight of November. A notification to this effect has already been issued by the secretary, local government, Ajoy Sharma, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 7-A of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976.
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