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Vandana Sharma is BJP’s mayoral pick for Ambala MC elections
Dr Sharma, 53, a practising BAMS (bachelor of ayurveda, medicine, and surgery) doctor in Ambala, is also the district chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee
The district chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee, Dr Vandana Sharma, is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) mayoral candidate for the Ambala municipal corporation elections, the party announced on Sunday. She’s married to state party spokesperson, Dr Sanjay Sharma.
The names of 15 BJP ward candidates out of 20 were also announced with party ally Jannayak Janata Party contesting five seats.
Dr Sharma, 53, is also a practising BAMS (bachelor of ayurveda, medicine, and surgery) doctor in Ambala while Sanjay Sharma is considered close to the state president OP Dhankar.
On her selection, Dr Sharma said, “What we have always learnt is that the politics is just for public service and with this announcement, I’ll ensure that the seat is credited to the party. If elected, we’ll work for the development of Ambala and on the ideals of the party.”
The wards other BJP candidates are contesting from are: Gurvinder Singh, 1; Yashpal, 2; Manish Anand, 3; Gurvinder Singh Saggu, 4; Ravinder Kumar Gupta, 5; Archna Chibbar, 6; Monika Mal, 7; Meena Dhingra, 8; Ramesh Devi, 9; Nitika Grover, 12; Yatin Bansal, 13; Shobha Puniya,15; Hitesh Jain,16; Soniya Rani Sharma, 17 and Satya Prakash Goyal,19.
The JJP announced its candidates earlier in the day from wards 10, 11, 14, 18 and 20.
The BJP announced the names for Panchkula and Sonepat seats on Saturday.
Discussions over the Ambala candidate took time as all the three names in the reckoning, Dr Sharma, Parveen Kumari, wife of former district chief Jagmohan Kumar and Shelja Suchdeva, wife of BJP leader Sandeep Suchdeva, were strong contenders for the post.
BJP had won only one out of 11 wards in the last MC elections (2013-2018) and the party’s lone corporator Harish Sharma had also sought a mayor’s ticket for his wife. The Congress had won nine seats then but former mayor Ramesh Mal switched over to the BJP in 2019.
