CHANDIGARH: A day after the ruling BJP announced its first list of 67 candidates for the October 5 Haryana assembly polls, the party faced rebellion with minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and MLA Lakshman Dass Napa who were denied ticket quitting the party. Napa quit the party after being denied ticket while former minister Karan Dev Kamboj also stepped down as …
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala should vouch for his flock before making an offer to support a consensus candidate fielded by the Congress for Rajya Sabha byelection. There is a question mark on the stance of many JJP MLAs,” said Hooda, indicating that many JJP MLAs would not …
Internal rift in the Hisar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has come to the fore as prominent leader Kuldeep Bishnoi and his son Bhavya Bishnoi, MLA from Adampur, are yet to join the party candidate from Hisar, Ranjit Chautala, during the canvassing. On March 24, independent MLA from Rania Ranjit Chautala joined the BJP and hours later, the party …
After the BJP fielded Independent MLA Ranjit Chautala from the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency, late Chief Minister Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi, who had quit Congress to join the ruling party two years ago, said that his supporters were “disappointed”. “We have to continue to work like ordinary workers of the party and contribute to make all BJP candidates victorious,” …
The Jannayak Janta Party is confident of putting on a good performance in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, where the Haryana-based outfit is contesting from 20 seats in its first foray outside its home base. JJP secretary general Digvijay Chautala said the party and other regional outfits hold the key to the Rajasthan Assembly election fortunes, referring to its ‘key’ …