BJP Selects Mohan Singh Bisht as Candidate for Mustafabad in February 5 Delhi Elections
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New Delhi, Jan 12 (NationPress) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Sunday that Mohan Singh Bisht will be the party's candidate for the Mustafabad seat in the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections set for February 5. This decision was included in the BJP's third candidate list, which only showcased Bisht's name.
The seasoned BJP politician, who is currently serving as the representative for Karawal Nagar in the Delhi Assembly, expressed his strong opposition to the party's choice of Kapil Mishra as the candidate for his constituency. Bisht, a victor in the 2020 Delhi elections, criticized the party's decision, labeling it a 'significant error.'
The controversy arose when the BJP opted to replace Bisht with Mishra, a former member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as the candidate for Karawal Nagar. Bisht, who has been an influential figure in Karawal Nagar politics since 1998, reacted negatively to this shift. He publicly stated that he would not accept the party's decision to nominate Mishra and would not run for any other constituency. Instead, he pledged to submit his nomination for Karawal Nagar, asserting his intention to contest from that seat before January 17.
The announcement to substitute Bisht with Mishra was made in the BJP's second batch of 29 candidates and sparked considerable outrage among Bisht's supporters. Having successfully contested multiple elections from the Karawal Nagar constituency, Bisht's discontent with this abrupt change in party direction was further intensified.
Kapil Mishra, who previously represented Karawal Nagar on an AAP ticket in the 2015 elections, had defeated Bisht at that time. Following his tenure as a minister in the AAP government, Mishra was expelled from the party in 2017 amidst corruption allegations. His dramatic departure from AAP marked a pivotal moment, and he joined the BJP in 2019, making headlines for his controversial statements regarding protests against the citizenship law, which he described as 'mini Pakistans.'
