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3 JJP leaders join BJP in Haryana ahead of May 25 polls

Jannayak Janta Party’s national secretary Ashok Sherwal along with two other party leaders joined the ruling BJP in Haryana on April 30. Others to join are JJP state general secretaries Kusum Sherwal and Harpal Kamboj. They joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at the party office in Panchkula in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. Earlier on April 29, JJP’s Haryana unit chief Nishan Singh, who quit the party recently, had joined the Congress. Speaking on the occasion in Panchkula, Chief Minister Saini welcomed the three leaders into the party fold. He said several leaders from other outfits have been joining the BJP. He said the works done by the Narendra Modi government during last 10 years have benefitted various sections, particularly the poor and the weaker sections of the society. The people are again going to bring back Mr. Modi as the Prime Minister for the third time with a bigger mandate, he said. Attacking the Congress, he said the development slowed down in the country during their regimes. He said the …

Ahead Of BJP’s Haryana Floor Test, Ex-Ally’s Whip Raises Eyebrows

JJP boss Dushyant Chautala (File). Chandigarh: The Jannayak Janta Party on Wednesday morning issued a three-line whip to its MLAs in the Haryana Assembly, ordering them to be absent from House proceedings for the day. The MLAs were directed to miss a floor test meant to assess the majority status of the new Bharatiya Janata Party-led government. The whip has been seen by as illegal, as no party can stop participation in a democratic exercise; they can only direct votes on party lines. Should the JJP MLAs – on paper there are 10, though there are reports that at least five will breakaway, form a new group, and join the BJP – follow the whip, it will bring down the majority mark in the 90-member House from 46 to 41, which is the BJP’s current strength. A lowered majority mark will ensure the BJP passes; although even without that it has the numbers thanks to support from independents. Haryana witnessed a swift change of government over the past 48 hours, with senior BJP leader Manohar …

Abhay Chautala’s ‘betrayal’ jab at nephew Dushyant as BJP, JJP split in Haryana | Latest News India

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Tuesday took a “betrayal” jibe at his nephew and Jananyak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended its alliance with JJP and formed a new government in Haryana. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Abhay Singh Chautala Following the end of the BJP-JJP alliance, Dushyant, who was the deputy chief minister of Haryana in the Manohar-Lal Khattar government, lost his position. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “Gaddari ho jiski buniyad, anjam-e-minaar hona hi tha barbaad,(A foundation built on betrayal is bound to be destroyed),” Abhay Chautala wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. JJP emerged from a split in the INLD caused by the infighting among the Chautala family. After Dushyant and Digvijay – sons of Ajay Chautala – were expelled from the party, they formed the JJP in 2018. The Dushyant Chautala-led party won 10 seats in the 2019 assembly elections, following which they formed a post-poll alliance with …

Amid tensions with Haryana coalition partner JJP, J.P. Nadda says BJP will win all ten seats in Lok Sabha polls

BJP President J.P. Nadda addressed the crowd during his visit to Chandigarh ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, on January 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid signs of a rift between ruling coalition partners in Haryana — the BJP and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) — uncertainty over the continuance of the alliance once again came to the fore on Saturday, when BJP president J.P. Nadda asserted that come the Lok Sabha polls later this year, the BJP would win all ten Parliamentary seats in the State. Sounding the poll bugle for both the upcoming general election and later, the State’s Assembly election, Mr. Nadda held a roadshow in Panchkula, and was accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and State unit chief Nayab Singh Saini. “The BJP will win all ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in the general election,” said Mr. Nadda, adding that a BJP government will be formed at the Centre and in the State for a third time. The remark comes at a time when leaders of …