VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The fallout from the ethnic outreach scandal continues and it may be about to hit Christy Clark right where she lives. That’s because the premier may have a new challenger in Vancouver-Point Grey in the provincial election.

Fellow Liberal Vikram Bajwa warns unless the premier resigns over the scandal, he will run against her in her own riding as an Independent.

The registered Liberal feels Clark has done irreparable damage to the party in local ethnic circles. “We want to give respect back to the multicultural community in BC and [we] don’t want to waste taxpayers money on events like [the] Times of India [Film] Awards, which has no relevance in BC.”

He also doesn’t like the way the premier is getting to the bottom of the issue. “A senior judge or a retired judge should be handling this kind of investigation, not her junior staff.”

Bajwa lost as a mayoral candidate in Surrey in 2011.

He joins a crowded field that includes Duane Nickull, the recently-introduced BC Conservative candidate, and the NDP’s David Eby, who narrowly lost to Clark in a by-election two years ago.

Last weekend, Bajwa met with other disaffected Liberals over breakfast in Surrey to call on Clark to step down. That came hours before an emergency cabinet meeting the premier called to address the ethnic outreach scandal.

The BC Liberal Party claims Bajwa tried several times in recent weeks to run for the party in a number of Surrey ridings, but was turned down.