The Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) has allied with Chandrashekhar’s Azad Samaj Party for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.
This alliance was announced in a press conference held in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Elections will be conducted in only one phase on October 1.
The results will be announced on October 4.
Former deputy CM Chautala said, “Both parties will strongly contest the assembly elections just like 'Devi Lal and Kanshi Ram fought in 1998.’ We have decided to fight strongly in the entire state. Our main objective is to uplift the farmers and provide better facilities to the working class.”
Recalling Kanshi Ram’s historic protest, Chautala said, “When Kanshi Ram ji staged a dharna at the Boat Club, Chaudhary Devi Lal was the first to reach there.”
Chandrashekhar added, “The announcement was made today but its initiative has been going on for a long time. Pitching for farmers, he said that everyone has taken advantage of farmers and labourers by making false promises to them.”
Of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, JJP will contest 70 seats and Azad Samaj Party will contest 20 seats. The list of candidates will be released soon.
Dushyant Chautala on dynamics between BJP and Congress.
"There is a fight for the Chief Minister's position within the Congress, and people are sitting with the names of several candidates. Congress, which is currently soaring, won't take long to fall. Whenever the elections happen, we are ready to fight," he said.
He also said that the BJP replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini due to "anti-incumbency".
"When I supported the government last time, I had decided to go with the one that would be more stable. In the future, when the results come in, who knows, we might have a majority ourselves. After the election results are out, we will decide whom to align with," he added.
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