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           Entry of two new parties to make                                                                                                                                              president Naveen Jaihind said the party

                                                                                                                                                                                         will majority of seats in Haryana in the
              Haryana polls more interesting                                                                                                                                             assembly elections nect year and also
                                                                                                                                                                                         form the government. “The BJP has failed
                                                                                                                                                                                         to fulfill any of the promises made to
                                                                                                                                                                                         the people in its election manifesto
                                                                                                                                                                                         and the people for the state will give a
                 Key parties that are expected to cross swords with each other in the state include the                                                                                  fitting reply through the ballot by show-
                    ruling BJP, INLD in alliance with the BSP, Congress, AAP and Ajay Chautala’s                                                                                         ing BJP the door. In such a scenario, AAP
                                                                                                                                                                                         is the best alternative to the people,”
                                       new party, reports RAJENDRA KHATRY                                                                                                                said Jaihind.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Ajay Singh Chautala, the ousted leader
                                                                                                                                                                                         from the INLD, has announced his deci-
              he Assembly and Lok Sabha                                                                                                                                                  sion to form a new party in December. He
              elections in Haryana are go-                                                                                                                                               has already started attracting disgrun-
              ing to be multi-cornered next                                          Campaign mode  AAP                                                                                  tled leaders from INLD and other parties
              year with the entry of two                                             started election campaign                                                                           to his fold. Ajay too has announced to
     T more  parties  Aam  Aadmi                                                     in Haryana on November 24                                           Rallying support  Ajay Chautala   contest all the seats in Haryana.
      Party (AAP) and Ajay Chautala’s yet to                                                                                                             addresses a rally                 Meanwhile with the INLD in disar-
      be formed party, which is a breakaway                                                                                                                                              ray, the Congress has started eyeing the
      group from the main opposition party
      in Haryana, the Indian National Lok Dal
      (INLD)  for the first time.                                                                                      The INLD, which recently forged an   reduce the electritity bills with better
        Thus in the next years’s Lok Sabha                                                                           alliance with the BSP, has been carrying   management.                For the last several
      and Vidhan Sabha elections, parties to                                                                         its programme jointly. Not to be left be-  According to Kejriwal, all these are   months, the
      cross swords with each other will be                                                                           hind in the race for power, the Aam AAd-  possible in Haryana too if the people vote
      the ruling BJP, INLD in alliance with the                                                                      mi Party AAP) launched ‘Haryana Jodo   for the party. In the past few months AAP   opposition parties
      BSP, Congress and Ajay Chautala’s new                                                                          campaign’ (public contact programme)   national convenor and Delhi Chief Min-  as well as the ruling
      party scheduled to be announced on                                                                             in June.                          ister Arvind Kejriwal has been attacking
      December 9 in Jind. The division in the                                                                          The BJP carried has carried out ‘Raah-  Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal on   BJP have been
      INLD camp with the Ajay Chautala and                                                                           giri’ programme as well as road shows   several issues, especially the poor condi-  gearing up with
      his two sons MP from Hisar Dushyant                                                                            of the Chief minister in different places   tion of the government schools and the
      Chautala and his younger brother Digvi-                                                                        from  time  to  tome  to  connect  with   hospitals in Haryana.       various events to
      jay Chauatala has certainly weakened the                                                                       the public. In the middle of the year as   Things came to such a pass that re-  make an impact
      INLD, but it is depending on its alliance                                                                      many as 55 Raahgiri events were organ-  cently Kejriwal’s path to check govern-
      with the BSP to score victory in both par-                                                                     ised across the state, according to O P   ment clinic in Karnal was reportedly   on the voters
      liamentary and assembly elections.  several months over the issue of procur-  ment in Haryana. It will continue to be   Singh,Rahgiri programme in-charge.  blocked by the annoyed Haryana gov-
        For  the  last  several  months,  the    ing SYL canal water for Haryana. Keep-  held till the elections in the state next   Among all the political parties, AAP   ernment. However, a few days later he
      opposition parties as well as the ruling   ing the elections in Haryana next year   year,’’.                   seems to be the most eager to make a   visited a village in Sonipat to give  1 crore   breakaway members. Senior Congress
      BJP have been gearing up with rallies,   the AAP also launched a ‘Haryana Jodo’   Hooda has been announcing sops   mark in Haryana. AAP supremo Arvind   to the family of martyr BSF jawan Naren-  leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda recently
      yatras and other public contact pro -  campaign in the middle of the year.   to the people if the Congress comes to   Kejriwal had refused to contest the Har-  der Singh who was killed by the Pakistani  told his partymen that politics in Har-
      grammes to make an impact on the vot-  Even the ruling BJP in Haryana carried   power in the 2019 assembly elections in   yana assembly elections in 2014, but this   forces in Jammu.  yana is taking a new turn and the INLD
      ers. Prominent Congress leaders in the   out programmes like ‘Roadshows’ and   Haryana. On the other hand Ashok Tan-  time he seems desperate to contest and   According to sources in the AAP,   has lost its dominance as it is fighting for
      state-former Chief Minister Bhupinder   `Raahgiri’ to showcase its programmes   war, Haryana Pradesh Congress Com-  win. Kejriwal has been making frequent   the party is focusing on Delhi, Haryana   its survival. With the INLD unlikely to
      Singh Hooda, Haryana Congress presi-  and policies.                mittee (HPCC) president, carried out his    tours of Haryana in the last few months   and Punjab. AAP will contest all the 90    revive, its members will look for options
      dent Ashok Tanwar and former state   The political leaders admit that they   own `Haryana Bachao-Parivartan Lao   to impress voters in the state.  assembly seats in Haryana, as well as   in other parties for their survival.
      minister Randeep Singh Surjewala and   are holding these programmes for the   Cycle Yatra’ in the state.         On November 24, Kejriwal started   10 Lok Sabha seats. The party started   Hooda said in such a scenario, the
      Hryana  Pradesh  Congress  Commit -  sake of winning elections next year   Senior Congress leader from Haryana,   election campaign in Haryana with a   its poll campaign on November 24 in    Congress  should  make  an  effort  to
      tee president Ashok Tanwar have been   in the state. Former Congress Chief    Randeep Singh Surjewala who also hap-  ‘School-Hospital’ rally in Gurugram.   Gurugram with a public rally. According   attract INLD party workers to its fold. He
      holding their separate rallies and pro-  Miinister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh   pens to be the AICC Media Communica-  AAP is dangling the ‘Delhi Model’ of de-  to senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh, AAP   said as the people are disgruntled with
      grammes to woo the voters.       Hooda has just completed three rounds   tions in-charge, is also trying to make   velopment to the people of Haryana.   MLAs from Delhi have been assigned   the BJP rule the Congress will have the
        On  the  other  hand,  the  Indian    of the ‘Jan Kranti Rath Yatra’ in the state.   his presence felt by holding public ralies   He has been constantly sighting the   10 assembly constituencies eachwhere    best chance to upstage both the BJP and
      National Lok Dal (INLD) led by Leader of   Talking to Tehelka he said, “This is a pub-  one after the other in various parts of the   improved condition of Delhi govern-  they will monitor the political activities   the INLD to come to power.
      Opposition in Haryana, Abhay Chautala   lic contact programme to highlight the   state on a regular basis. In the last eight   ment schools and Mohalla clinics. He   of the party.
      also carried out a ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ for  monumental failures of the BJP govern-  months he has held as many as 74 rallies.  has  said  how AAP  has  managed  to    Talking to Tehelka, AAP’s Haryana   LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM



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