AMBALA: Former Union minister Venod Sharma’s Jan Chetna Party fielded candidates for 14 of 20 municipal corporation seats here on Saturday. The JCP will use own symbol—the LPG cylinder.
Sharma announced himself among the JCP candidates. It makes the contest tough for the ruling party, as he has a good support in this city that elected him as legislator in 2005. Sharma told the media: “We will fight the elections to serve Ambala and improve its condition. We will declare our mayoral candidate and the other contenders next. We will contest all 20 seats.”
About his major concerns for Ambala, he said: “For the past about six years, Ambala’s administrative system benefits a small section of society instead of the general public. Sanitation is in a poor condition and the youth don’t have jobs. If people give us a chance, we can create a better and beneficial system with public support and the cooperation of the councillors.”
Sharma said: “The people of Ambala are fed up with the cluttered streets. I am confident that they are with me. If they give me the mandate, together we will develop Ambala, repair its street lights, and simplify the process of securing various no-objection certificates (NOCs) from the MC.”
He said the door-to-door garbage collection system had collapsed despite the MC’s spending crores of rupees.” Asked whom he blamed, Sharma refrained from targeting any specific politician.