No grudges about being denied ticket, confident will form govt: Ex-Haryana BJP chief Ram Bilas
Ram Bilas Sharma, who is credited with establishing the BJP in Haryana and is now being called the state unit's «vat-vriksha», says he holds no grudges against anybody for being denied a ticket for the assembly polls and will continue to serve the party. The 74-year-old five-time MLA from Mahendragarh and a three-time state minister had filed his nomination for the poll as the BJP delayed the announcement of its nominee till the eleventh hour. But the party convinced him to back out in support of official candidate Kanvar Singh.
«I have given more than five decades to the party. (Former prime minister Atal Bihari) Vajpayee ji used to tell me that I have to stick to Haryana and establish the party's base in the state and I continue to do so,» Sharma told PTI in an interview.
«Many of my fellow politicians have switched sides but I stayed and will continue to do so. The party might have some reasons to deny me a ticket but I have no grudges,» he said.
Even though Sharma now vows loyalty and gratitude, that he was hurt on being denied a ticket became clear when he got emotional in front of his supporters recently as they appealed to him to contest as an Independent.
A video of him unable to hold back his tears went viral earlier this month.
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