BJP Kanpur Prez Election: Party Workers Present Bouquet With Shoe To In-Charge

The party announced names of the mandal presidents on Friday and some workers were annoyed after the list was released, the incident happened amid nomination.

Kanpur:Miffed with the nomination for BJP district president election, party workers on Sunday reached the BJP office in Naveen Market of Kanpu and garlanded election in-charge Sangam Lal Gupta along with presenting him with a bouquet with a shoe in the middle of it.

A video of the incident went viral in which it is seen some party workers were arguing with Sharma who was trying to assuage them. Amid this, he was garlanded and offered a bouquet. Sharma didn't notice the shoe in the middle of it and accepted it. As soon as he discovered the shoe, he left it on the table. The workers started raising slogans in the party office.

The saffron party announced some names of the mandal presidents on Friday and some workers were annoyed after the list was released. Amid the nomination process, the workers protested it by handing over the bouquet with the shoe to Sharma.

After the episode, Sharma asked them why did they not raise the matter when the names were being finalised. The ruckus has been discussed at the BJP state office and senior leaders refrained from commenting on it.

The matter has come as a surprise to many in the district as the BJP is known for its organisational discipline and the recent feud has raised questions over the internal order of the party.