Scuffle among BJP councillors: Party leaders seek action against Mahila Morcha chief, her husband

Days after some women BJP councilors indulged in a scuffle during a public event in Kirari, a complaint has been filed to Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari against party's women's wing head Poonam Jha and her husband, a former MLA.

Copies of the complaint, moved by five BJP's Mandal unit presidents and two women councilors against Poonam and Anil Jha, have also been sent to the party's assembly poll in-charge and Union minister Prakash Javadekar and national vice president Shyam Jaju, also in-charge of the Delhi unit.

In her first reaction, BJP Mahila Morcha president Poonam told PTI, "I will reply to senior party leaders if they question me over the complaint." Her husband said they are "disciplined" party workers and claimed the complaint was motivated by upcoming assembly elections.

The scuffle last Sunday at a party event in Kirari allegedly involved Poonam and Urmila Chaudhary and Sona Chauhdary. Former Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyaya was also present at the event.

A party source said such scuffle are happening frequently as some leaders are "desperate" to get party tickets as they are sure of a BJP victory -- and they becoming MLAs.

The complaint sent to Tiwari seeks "stern action" against the Jha couple. "They (Poonam and her husband) have been threatening us by name-dropping senior leaders of the party."
Many leaders are buoyed by the party's recent Lok Sabha poll victory and by their belief that the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will help them win their seats, the senior party leader added. "And (therefore) they are trying every trick to ensure that they get a ticket.'