Bhopal: Apparently suggesting that Lok Sabha speaker and the sitting Indore MP Sumitra Mahajan annoyed over suspected denial of ticket to her, she skipped the ‘Main Hun Chowkidar, programme in the city on Sunday. Though former minister Mahendra Hardiya and MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya also remained absent from the event aimed at underlining the Chowkidar campaign of the party.
Meanwhile, Mahajan who has represented Indore in Lok Sabha for eight times is still awaiting her re-nomination despite the fact the party has released close to a dozen lists nationally. Mahajan is among few BJP top leaders who have avoided adding Chowkidar prefix in their twitter handles.
Though Mahajan remained unavailable for comments before the media on Sunday but couple of days ago, she had maintained that she won’t speak on ticket issue but added that she was persistently working in favour of the party.
Name of Indore mayor Malini Gaud is making rounds as the potential candidate. MLAs Ramesh Mendola and Malini Gaud who attended the Main Hun Chowkidar event in Indore denied having information about Taai and other two MLAs’ absence.
Speculations are making rounds that the party is pondering over denying ticket to ‘Taai’ as Mahajan is fondly addressed to in MP, over age factor. Mahajan who almost remained ‘invincible’ in Indore in last three decades has already turned 75 and turns 76 on April 12 well before the polling takes place in Indore on May 19.