<p> Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay is likely to give up the post of standing committee chairman in the South Corporation by next week, in keeping with the principle of one-man-one-post, sources said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Upadhyay, however, denied any such possibility. “It is a rumour,” he told Deccan Herald. <br />Sources, however, said there was a high possibility of the August 19 meeting of the standing committee at the Civic Centre could be Upadhyay’s last day in the municipal corporation.<br /><br />The buzz about Upadhyay’s exit from the highest decision-making body of the South Corporation has also sparked hectic lobbying among BJP councillors eyeing the key post.<br /><br />Names of BJP Leader of the House Subhash Arya and education committee chairman Ashish Sood were doing the rounds among those who could replace Upadhyay as the standing committee chairman.<br /><br />“Finally, we will get a chance to move up in the civic agency’s hierarchy,” said a BJP councillor, adding that Upadhyay should have stepped down earlier.<br /><br />“Upadhyay should have quit from the post on his own to focus on the party’s preparation for the Assembly elections,” said another leader.<br /><br />“It is not possible to do justice to three responsibilities – as a state unit chief, as standing committee chairman and as a councillor,” he said.<br /><br />Source said several leaders, including chairpersons of the civic agency’s several committees, have been in touch with BJP national leaders to create an opening for themselves in the standing committee. <br /><br />A BJP leader said Upadhyay may have his say in appointing his successor to the post of the standing committee chairman as he is the party’s Delhi unit chief. <br /><br />He was made the chief almost a month ago.<br /><br />“The Delhi BJP unit chief has proved himself as a worthy leader in the city after the grand organisation of the party’s national council meeting last week,” said a leader.<br /><br />Upadhyay’s stint as the standing committee chairman began in January this year. <br />Sources said he was given the key civic post as an attempt to pacify him after he was denied a ticket to contest the December 2013 Assembly elections from Malviya Nagar seat.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay is likely to give up the post of standing committee chairman in the South Corporation by next week, in keeping with the principle of one-man-one-post, sources said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Upadhyay, however, denied any such possibility. “It is a rumour,” he told Deccan Herald. <br />Sources, however, said there was a high possibility of the August 19 meeting of the standing committee at the Civic Centre could be Upadhyay’s last day in the municipal corporation.<br /><br />The buzz about Upadhyay’s exit from the highest decision-making body of the South Corporation has also sparked hectic lobbying among BJP councillors eyeing the key post.<br /><br />Names of BJP Leader of the House Subhash Arya and education committee chairman Ashish Sood were doing the rounds among those who could replace Upadhyay as the standing committee chairman.<br /><br />“Finally, we will get a chance to move up in the civic agency’s hierarchy,” said a BJP councillor, adding that Upadhyay should have stepped down earlier.<br /><br />“Upadhyay should have quit from the post on his own to focus on the party’s preparation for the Assembly elections,” said another leader.<br /><br />“It is not possible to do justice to three responsibilities – as a state unit chief, as standing committee chairman and as a councillor,” he said.<br /><br />Source said several leaders, including chairpersons of the civic agency’s several committees, have been in touch with BJP national leaders to create an opening for themselves in the standing committee. <br /><br />A BJP leader said Upadhyay may have his say in appointing his successor to the post of the standing committee chairman as he is the party’s Delhi unit chief. <br /><br />He was made the chief almost a month ago.<br /><br />“The Delhi BJP unit chief has proved himself as a worthy leader in the city after the grand organisation of the party’s national council meeting last week,” said a leader.<br /><br />Upadhyay’s stint as the standing committee chairman began in January this year. <br />Sources said he was given the key civic post as an attempt to pacify him after he was denied a ticket to contest the December 2013 Assembly elections from Malviya Nagar seat.<br /><br /></p>
