Haryana News: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala has written to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya seeking a floor test. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Nayab Singh Saini, lost its majority claim in the State Assembly after three independent MLAs withdrew their support.
Nayab Singh Saini was inducted as Chief Minister of Haryana after BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar resigned as MLA in March this year.
Former allies JJP and BJP fell out after they failed to reach a seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha elections.
Dushyant Chautala, a key player in the political dynamics, expressed this in an interview with Indian Express that he and the party would support the Congress and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda if they toppled the government.
In the interview, Chautala noted that Hooda, the leader of the opposition in the Haryana Assembly and Congress, the largest opposition party, should take the initiative to topple the government. Chautala had said he would write to the Haryana governor requesting a floor test.
JJP leader Dushyant Chautala said this Indian Express that Bhupinder Singh Hooda has no intention of toppling the Nayab Singh Saini government “because of the ED and CBI cases he is facing.”
Dushyant Chautala said the JJP would support the Congress from 'outside' if Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda takes steps to topple the government.
“I can assure that if a soil test is done now, every JJP MLA member will vote according to the party whip and ensure the fall of the government,” Chautala said.
Chautala informed that the erstwhile no-confidence motion filed against the Haryana government on March 13 became null and void when Manohar Lal Khattar resigned. The JJP leader called Nayab Singh Saini a 'weak chief minister'.
Chautala quoted Saini's mention of a 94-day action plan, speculating that the latter was planning to run the state government only until the next Assembly elections. Dushyantt Chautala said they had run the government 'smoothly' when ML Khattar was chief minister for 4.5 years and refused to support Nayab Singh Saini.
JJP has 10 MLAs in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
The term of the current Haryana Legislative Assembly ends on November 3, 2024.
Independent MLAs Sombir Sangan (Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (Pundri) and Dharampal Gonder (Nilokheri) withdrew support for the ruling BJP in the Haryana government and announced that they would support the Congress.
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Published: May 9, 2024 3:09 PM IST