Days after the BJP government in Haryana pushed into minority with the support withdrawn by three independent MLAs, it seems resorting to bring a division among Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) MLAs, so as to save its government.
While both JJP and Congress MLAs are demanding an immediate floor test or promulgation of President’s rule in the state, former Chief Minister Mohanlal Khattar meeting four JJP MLAs at the residence of a minister on Thursday led to speculation BJP attempt to attract opposition MLAs.
Earlier, JPP chief Dushyant Singh Chautala had written to Governor Bandaru Dattatreya seeking directions to conduct a floor test in the assembly for the present government to prove majority.
While seeking directions to the competent authority, Chautala has said that if the government fails to call the session on the directions of the Governor, he may recommend President’s rule in the state.
Meanwhile, the Congress today demanded President’s rule in the state and sought time to meet Governor Dattatreya. Former CM and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the Haryana Government should resign on moral grounds as it’s in minority and demanded President’s rule in the state.
In the letter to the Haryana governor, Chautala whose party the JJP pulled out of the coalition with the ruling BJP in March, urged the governor to conduct a floor test immediately to “reinstate stability and uphold democratic norms in Haryana”. He said his party doesn’t support the present government and is “open to backing any other political party for government formation”.
All eyes are now on the two other two independents other than the rebels withdrawing support to the BJP government. In the 88-member current strength Haryana assembly, the BJP has 40 MLAs while the Congress and the JJP has 30 and 10 MLAs respectively. The BJP is three short of the majority mark.
Hooda said 45 of the 88 sitting MLAs in the Haryana Assembly, including 30 MLAs of the Congress, 10 of the JJP, 3 Independent MLAs who have recently switched over to the Congress, Independent MLA from Meham Balraj Kundu and INLD MLA Abhey Chautala, were against the Saini-led government.
Haryana Chief Minister Naib Saini has targeted the opposition over the present political crisis in the state. Taking a dig at Bhupendra Hooda and Dushyant Chautala, he said, “These people (Bhupendra Hooda, Dushyant Chautala) are daydreaming. The public has rejected them. Such people are not going to come to power”.
