Chandigarh, the Indian National Lok Dal has decided to rejoin its former ally the Bahujan Samaj Party for the Haryana Assembly elections scheduled for later this year, leaders of the two parties announced on Thursday.
As per the agreement, of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats, leaving the rest for its senior partner in Haryana, where the ruling BJP is seeking to come to power for the third consecutive time.
Addressing a joint press conference with the BSP at Nayagaon on the outskirts of Chandigarh, INLD leader Abhay Chautala, who will be the chief ministerial face of the alliance, asserted that the alliance is not based on any selfish interest but It has been formed with paying attention to people's feelings in mind.
"In Haryana we have decided to fight together in the upcoming assembly elections. Today, the sentiment of the common people is to oust the BJP, which is looting the state, from power and to keep the Congress Party, which looted the state for 10 years, at bay. years before," Chautala said.
BSP national coordinator Akash Anand recently said that BSP supremo Mayawati and Abhay Chautala had held a detailed meeting on consolidating the alliance.
"In that meeting, it was decided that of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats, while the rest will be contested by the INLD," he said.
Anand said if the alliance comes to power in the state, Abhay Chautala will be made chief minister.
This alliance will not be limited to just fighting the assembly elections as we will fight other elections in the state together in future, Anand said.
Chautala said that Chaudhary Devi Lal and late BSP founder Kanshi Ram worked to bring about great change in this country. The thinking of the BSP and INLD is how the poor will get justice and how the weaker sections will be empowered, he said.
In February 2019, the BSP had called off its nearly nine-month alliance with the INLD, which was then the main opposition group in Haryana. The development at that time occurred amidst a dispute in the Chautala family.
Former MP and Abhay Chautala's elder brother Ajay Singh Chautala and Ajay's son Dushyant Chautala formed the JJP party in December 2018 after a split in the INLD earlier that year.
The INLD and the BSP fought separately in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Haryana and both received a severe beating.
The BSP had fought for nine of the ten parliamentary seats, while the INLD had contested seven seats, but neither of them managed to open their account.
Abhay Chautala, the only INLD MP in Haryana, also entered the fray from the Kurukshetra parliamentary seat, but lost.
As per the agreement, of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats, leaving the rest for its senior partner in Haryana, where the ruling BJP is seeking to come to power for the third consecutive time.
Addressing a joint press conference with the BSP at Nayagaon on the outskirts of Chandigarh, INLD leader Abhay Chautala, who will be the chief ministerial face of the alliance, asserted that the alliance is not based on any selfish interest but It has been formed with paying attention to people's feelings in mind.
"In Haryana we have decided to fight together in the upcoming assembly elections. Today, the sentiment of the common people is to oust the BJP, which is looting the state, from power and to keep the Congress Party, which looted the state for 10 years, at bay. years before," Chautala said.
BSP national coordinator Akash Anand recently said that BSP supremo Mayawati and Abhay Chautala had held a detailed meeting on consolidating the alliance.
"In that meeting, it was decided that of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BSP will contest 37 seats, while the rest will be contested by the INLD," he said.
Anand said if the alliance comes to power in the state, Abhay Chautala will be made chief minister.
This alliance will not be limited to just fighting the assembly elections as we will fight other elections in the state together in future, Anand said.
Chautala said that Chaudhary Devi Lal and late BSP founder Kanshi Ram worked to bring about great change in this country. The thinking of the BSP and INLD is how the poor will get justice and how the weaker sections will be empowered, he said.
In February 2019, the BSP had called off its nearly nine-month alliance with the INLD, which was then the main opposition group in Haryana. The development at that time occurred amidst a dispute in the Chautala family.
Former MP and Abhay Chautala's elder brother Ajay Singh Chautala and Ajay's son Dushyant Chautala formed the JJP party in December 2018 after a split in the INLD earlier that year.
The INLD and the BSP fought separately in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Haryana and both received a severe beating.
The BSP had fought for nine of the ten parliamentary seats, while the INLD had contested seven seats, but neither of them managed to open their account.
Abhay Chautala, the only INLD MP in Haryana, also entered the fray from the Kurukshetra parliamentary seat, but lost.
