DEHRADUN: Alleged supporters of Mahanagar BJP president Umesh Aggarwal, who was denied a ticket from Dharampur, on Tuesday vandalised the party's state office here, tearing posters bearing pictures of party top brass Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.
The party leadership had allotted the ticket for Dharampur—for which Umesh Aggarwal was a strong contender—to Dehradun mayor Vinod Chamoli. Angry supporters of Aggarwal entered the Pradesh Party office at noon and began shouting slogans against Chamoli.
Some of them climbed on to the roof of the building and tore the poster bearing pictures of Modi, party president Shah, Pradesh party president Ajay Bhatt and BJP general secretary in-charge of the party's affairs in Uttarakhand, Shyam Jaju.
The protestors termed denial of the ticket to Aggarwal as an "injustice" to their leader. However, party leaders sought to downplay the incident, saying it was an "instant reaction which will soon subside".
Meanwhile, Aggarwal denied that those who tore the posters were his supporters. "My supporters cannot do this. They were Congress workers who barged into BJP state office premises and created a scene to tarnish the party's image," he said referring to people who tore the posters.
Meanwhile, BJP heavyweight Satpal Maharaj, Uttarakhand assembly speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal and minister Indira Hridayesh were among over 100 candidates who filed their nominations on Tuesday in Uttarakhand which goes to polls on February 15.
Prominent among others who filed their nominations were Congress ministers Dinesh Aggarwal, Pritam Singh and Nav Prabhat besides Congress turncoat now in BJP and former MLA Umesh Sharma "Kau".
Satpal Maharaj filed his nomination from Chaubatakhal in Pauri district, Kunjwal from Jageshwar, a seat he represented in the last assembly and Hridayesh from Haldwani.
Dinesh Aggarwal filed his nominations from Dharampur, Pritam Singh from Chakrata and Nav Prabhat from Vikasnagar. Umesh Sharma Kau has filed nominations from Raipur seat.
(With PTI inputs)