Chandigarh, Jananayak Janata Party was not expected to pull any surprise or upset in the Lok Sabha elections, but its crushing defeat has come at a time when Haryana Assembly elections are just four months away.

The party, which was born after the split in parent organization Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in December 2018 due to family feud, saw a sudden rise and a sudden fall in its graph after the alliance with BJP ended in March this year. ,

Several JJP leaders, including state unit chief Nishan Singh, had left the party after the alliance with the ruling BJP ended as the BJP changed its leadership and replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini as the chief minister.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, JJP had fielded candidates on all 10 seats, but suffered a severe defeat and even lost their deposits.

Among the candidates, JJP had fielded its sitting MLA from Hisar, Naina Chautala.

There are more than four months left for the Haryana Assembly elections, so challenging times are going to come for JJP.In the 2019 assembly elections, Ajay Singh Chautala-led JJP had emerged as the kingmaker when the BJP fell short of the majority and had to rely on it. Had won 10 seats and helped form the government in Haryana.

Twenty-six-year-old American-educated Dushyant Chautala, who hails from the Jat community, made some quick moves and extended support to the BJP, which later formed the government after an alliance with the JJP and the support of independent MLAs.

However, to run the government smoothly, Dushyant had to strike a balance as his support base was against the BJP.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, JJP contested seven seats and left three seats for the Aam Aadmi Party.However, no one failed to open an account.

In 2019, BJP made a clean sweep of all 10 parliamentary seats in the state and Dushyant lost his own Hissar seat.

To highlight the concerns of farmers, Dushyant once drove a tractor to Parliament, but a few years later in 2020-2021, Congress and other rivals accused him of being power-hungry and not standing with the farmers' issue. Planted.

Days after his party's alliance with the BJP in Haryana ended in March 2024, Dushyant Chautala had said that he always kept the interests of the state supreme and worked sincerely to fulfill the alliance dharma.Chautala had said that JJP's vision is clear to take Haryana forward while remaining in the alliance.