At least two ministers in Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s government in Haryana have resigned amid a rebellion within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly elections. The revolt came after the saffron party released its first list of 67 candidates for the October 5 polls.
Among the leaders who have rebelled is the state’s energy minister. Ranjit Singh Chautala and Minister of State for Social Justice Bishamber Singh Balmiki. The two ministers have resigned from the government even as Chief Minister Saini is making efforts to talk to these leaders.
The rebels’ accusation is that the party has preferred traitors over loyalists in the distribution of ballots.
On your list Released on September 4th, The BJP has sacked eight sitting MPs, including two ministers. The 90-member Haryana Assembly will go to polls on October 5. The results will be declared on October 8.
Chautala challenged the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 as an independent candidate after being denied a ticket by the Congress. He joined the BJP after resigning as an MP in the run-up to the election. Lok Sabha Elections 2024He was later inducted into the Cabinet. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Hisar but lost to Congress leader Jai Parkash.
Chautala announced his decision to resign as minister and senior BJP member after meeting his supporters in Rania.
Chautala said that being the son of former deputy chief minister Devi Lal, he cannot compromise. “I will contest the elections as an independent candidate from Rania. The BJP offered me a ticket from Dabwali, but I rejected the proposal. I am resigning from the cabinet and the primary membership of the party,” Chautala said, according to a report by News18.
Apart from the two ministers, BJP’s Ratia legislator Lakshman Napa, Faridabad deputy chairman and in-charge GL Sharma and former Badhra legislator and Charkhi Dadri president Sukhvinder Sheoran have also quit the party. Laxman Napa He has already joined the Congress party.
BJP state OBC Morcha president Karan Dev Kamboj also quit the BJP after he was ignored from the Indri seat in Karnal district. “My family and I have been part of the BJP since the Jan Sangh days. I worked with dedication and now the party has adopted the Congress culture,” Kamboj told the media.
Former state ministers Kavita Jain and Savitri Jindal They have also rebelled. While Jain has given the party a two-day ultimatum to field her from Sonipat, Jindal, who is the mother of Naveen Jindal, the BJP MP from Kurukshetra, and one of India’s richest women, has threatened to contest from Hisar, where the party has re-nominated the incumbent MP and minister, Dr Kamal Gupta.
As the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, I cannot make any concessions. I will contest the elections as an independent candidate from Rania.
“In the first list of 67 names, 14 belong to the Jatav, Balmiki, Dhanak, Bishnoi, Sikh, Jat, Yadav, Brahmin and Vaishya communities. The seats of 9 MPs, including three ministers, have been changed. This has been done only to ensure community combinations. As part of the equations, some former MPs have also been included in this list. There is a need to establish a lot of synergy in politics.” BJP’s Haryana in charge Deb Biplab he told reporters in Rohtak.
The former Tripura chief minister said the party had taken into account all factors, including communal balance, while finalising the list.
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