Upset over the denial of ticket to him, Dile Ram, a sitting MLA from Nachan (SC) constituency, quit as the Mandi district BJP president and announced his decision to contest the election as an independent.
Members of the Nachan Block BJP Committee also quit en masse to protest denial of party ticket to Dile Ram.
Dile Ram said he had served the party with dedication and if it did not have faith in him, he had no reason to continue as district BJP chief.
