Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- The BJP's list of halqa in-charges, issued to allocate constituency-wise responsibilities ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's rally tentatively planned for the end of February, was withdrawn after strong opposition from sections within the party.

The resentment over some of the appointments was so intense that the list, issued by the state BJP headquarters and shared on the party's official handle, was deleted within half an hour.

In most constituencies, the party named leaders, who had been nurturing the segments or had contested elections, were named; however, controversy arose in seats where two or three aspirants were in the fray, and only one was named as in-charge.

For instance, in the Batala seat, whe...