Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala urged the Congress to field a socially and universally respected person in the Rajya Sabha by-elections, ensuring opposition support in the state.
The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant when Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda won the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha polls.
“We want Congress to play the role of the main opposition party and field a socially and universally respected person in the Rajya Sabha elections so that the people of Haryana know which MLA is with the people and which MLA is with the government. Again "If the Haryana Congress fights the Rajya Sabha by-elections with the right heart, then the defeat of the BJP is certain," Chautala said in a post on 'X'.
Chautala was an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana until recently, when he quit the government after talks between his Jannayak Janta Party (JNM) and the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections collapsed.
The JNM president said that while the opposition leader claims that the Haryana government does not have a majority, he has not fielded his candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election because he says he "does not have the numbers." .
"On one hand, Opposition leader Bhupendra Hooda says that the Haryana government does not have majority and on the other hand, he is refusing to contest the Rajya Sabha by-election saying that the opposition does not have the required numbers. How can both of these things be true because they are both contradictory," Chautala said.
"The people of Haryana want the BJP to lose the Rajya Sabha by-elections, but Bhupendra Hooda does not want to contest the elections at the behest of the BJP," he added.
Asking the Congress to take on the BJP in the Rajya Sabha by-elections, Chautala said, "There is always victory and defeat in elections, but accepting defeat without a fight even when the entire opposition is ready to support the Congress." ".
In the House of 90, the BJP has 39 MLAs, the Congress has 30, the Jan Nayak Janata Party has 10, the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) has one and the Indian National Lok Dal has one, along with seven independents.
The BJP, which initially had 41 MLAs, was reduced to 39 when Karnal and Rania seats fell vacant following the resignation of two MLAs.
Earlier, six of the seven independent MLAs used to support the BJP. However, three independents withdrew their support in May, leaving the BJP with the support of three independents and one HLP MLA, making it a 43-MLA government.
The Congress and the BJP won five seats each in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant when Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda won the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha polls.
“We want Congress to play the role of the main opposition party and field a socially and universally respected person in the Rajya Sabha elections so that the people of Haryana know which MLA is with the people and which MLA is with the government. Again "If the Haryana Congress fights the Rajya Sabha by-elections with the right heart, then the defeat of the BJP is certain," Chautala said in a post on 'X'.
Chautala was an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana until recently, when he quit the government after talks between his Jannayak Janta Party (JNM) and the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections collapsed.
The JNM president said that while the opposition leader claims that the Haryana government does not have a majority, he has not fielded his candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election because he says he "does not have the numbers." .
"On one hand, Opposition leader Bhupendra Hooda says that the Haryana government does not have majority and on the other hand, he is refusing to contest the Rajya Sabha by-election saying that the opposition does not have the required numbers. How can both of these things be true because they are both contradictory," Chautala said.
"The people of Haryana want the BJP to lose the Rajya Sabha by-elections, but Bhupendra Hooda does not want to contest the elections at the behest of the BJP," he added.
Asking the Congress to take on the BJP in the Rajya Sabha by-elections, Chautala said, "There is always victory and defeat in elections, but accepting defeat without a fight even when the entire opposition is ready to support the Congress." ".
In the House of 90, the BJP has 39 MLAs, the Congress has 30, the Jan Nayak Janata Party has 10, the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) has one and the Indian National Lok Dal has one, along with seven independents.
The BJP, which initially had 41 MLAs, was reduced to 39 when Karnal and Rania seats fell vacant following the resignation of two MLAs.
Earlier, six of the seven independent MLAs used to support the BJP. However, three independents withdrew their support in May, leaving the BJP with the support of three independents and one HLP MLA, making it a 43-MLA government.
The Congress and the BJP won five seats each in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
