Mr Joon stated he had been cheated by the Congress management.
Chandigarh:
The rebel and discontent confronted by the BJP after it launched its checklist of candidates for the Haryana Meeting polls have now come to hang-out the Congress, with a senior chief resigning and saying that he’ll contest as an Unbiased a day after the occasion unveiled its first checklist.
The Congress’ first checklist of 32 names included former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, new entrant Vinesh Phogat from Julana and state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal. Sitting MLA Rajinder Singh Joon was renominated from Bahadurgarh, prompting a rerun of a rebel that the constituency had seen in 2019 as nicely.
Senior chief Rajesh Joon met his supporters and introduced that he had resigned from all posts within the Congress and can be contesting from the seat as an Unbiased.
“The Congress management cheated me. I used to be promised a ticket however the promise was not stored. I’ll grow to be an MLA by polling double the variety of votes that the Congress candidate will get,” Mr Joon stated.
Rajesh Joon and one other Congress chief had additionally rebelled towards the occasion after Rajinder Singh Joon was given the ticket in 2019. That they had submitted their nominations from the Bahadurgarh Meeting constituency and had withdrawn them solely after Bhupinder Singh Hooda had intervened.
Buoyed after successful 5 of the ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana within the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress will hope that the discontent within the occasion doesn’t harm its possibilities of dislodging the BJP from a Hindi heartland state it has dominated since 2014. The occasion’s central management has additionally confronted pushback after senior chief Rahul Gandhi pushed for a tie-up with the AAP to keep away from the division of votes.
Whereas an in-principle settlement concerning an alliance had been introduced on Wednesday, there seems to be a stalemate, with the AAP in search of 10 seats and the Congress keen to surrender solely 5 to seven.
BJP’s Troubles
The BJP has additionally needed to face dissent from its leaders after it launched its first checklist of 67 names on Wednesday. Power Minister Ranjit Chautala and MLA Lakshman Napa stop the occasion after being denied tickets. Whereas Mr Chautala has stated he’ll contest as an Unbiased, Mr Napa introduced that he’ll be a part of the Congress.
Mr Chautala is the son of Chaudhary Devi Lal Chaudhary, one among Haryana’s tallest leaders, who served as chief minister twice and was additionally a deputy prime minister.
BJP MLA Shashi Ranjan Parmar had additionally burst into tears after his title had not featured on the checklist.
Voting will happen in all 90 seats in Haryana on October 5 and counting might be held on October 8.
