Haryana's Nayab Saini BJP government seems to be in hot waters since the saffron party now is in the minority after three independent MLAs withdrew their support for the BJP fold. The opportunity is being grabbed by the opposition parties with Congress demanding to impose a 'President's Rule' followed by fresh polls, and JJP is all set to join hands with the Congress if it decides to bring down the BJP administration in Haryana, said party head Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday.
However, CM Saini still claims that the state government is working strongly and there's neither a problem nor a minority.
Congress said that it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP government be dismissed. It also asked the JJP, the INLD, and Independent MLA Balraj Kundu to write similar letters to the governor to give credence to their claim of opposing the BJP.
The Lok Sabha elections in the state are around the corner.
Meanwhile, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala extending support to Congress, said that if Leader of Opposition B S Hooda takes steps to bring down the Nayab Saini government, his party would support the move.
The BJP government, which has the support of two other Independents is now two short of the majority mark in the 90-member House which has a current strength of 88.
Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan said, stated, "We are going to write to the Governor that 3 Independent MLAs have withdrawn support and they have extended support to our party, the government is in the minority and they have no right to stay in power. We will demand that the government be dismissed, President's Rule be imposed and fresh elections be held."
"Likewise, the JJP should also write a letter that the government be dismissed. INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala and Independent MLA Balraj Kundu, who claim to be opposing the government, should also write similar letters to the Governor," he added.
Meanwhile, Chautala noted, "I want to tell Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda that going by the present numbers in the Assembly if a step is taken that this government is brought down during (Lok Sabha) elections, then we will fully consider supporting them in this. Now, the Congress has to think whether they will take a step to bring down the BJP government."
Asked whether his party will support the Congress, he replied, "We are clear that steps should be taken to bring down the government".
MLAs Sombir Sangwan (Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (Pundri), and Dharampal Gonder (Nilokheri) on Tuesday withdrew support to the BJP government and announced that they would back the Congress, reducing the Saini government to a minority in the state assembly.
The JJP won 10 seats in the 2019 assembly polls while the BJP bagged 40 seats. They had formed a coalition government in Haryana. However, the BJP snapped ties with the JJP two months ago.
Follow us
