In a shock to the JJP ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections, four of its legislators have quit the party, sources said on Saturday. Anoop Dhanak, Ram Karan Kala, Devender Babli and Ishwar Singh left the party citing personal reasons, sources said.
The Election Commission on Friday announced that the Haryana assembly elections will be held in a single phase on October 1 and the results will be declared on October 4. The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) had won 10 seats in the 2019 assembly elections.
Dhanak, a minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government, was elected from Uklana constituency in Hisar, while Babli had won from Tohana seat in Fatehabad.
Babli was also a minister in the Khattar government.
Singh is the legislator from Guhla-Chika in Kaithal, while Kala is the legislator from Shahabad in Kurukshetra. Two party legislators – Ram Niwas Surjakhera from Narwana district and Jogi Ram Sihag from Barwala district – are facing disqualification charges.
The JJP entered into an alliance with the BJP after the saffron party failed to secure a majority in the 90-member House in the 2019 elections. The alliance came to an end in March after Nayab Singh Saini replaced Khattar as chief minister.
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