"Independent MLAs are good people but are stuck": Haryana CM
May 08, 2024
Haryana [India], May 9 : Amid the political crisis in Haryana, Chief Minister Nayab Saini said that three independent MLAs, who withdrew their support to the BJP government, are good people, but they are stuck while recalling a recent meeting with them.
"...Sometime ago, trust vote happened...Congress has not been able to fulfil the wishes of the people. For their own benefit, they (Congress) fulfil the wishes of some people. Those MLAs are good people but they are stuck. I called and had a meeting with them four days ago," CM Saini told reporters here.
Lashing out at the Congress, CM Saini added, "Encouraging corruption is Congress's thinking. Whenever there is corruption, the pace of development slows down. Whoever is involved in corruption, will not be spared," he added.
The Haryana government was reduced to a minority on Tuesday after three independent MLAs withdrew support from the Nayab Saini-led BJP government.
Independent MLA Dhharampal Gonder from Niolkheri said that he would extend support to Congress from outside.
"Three MLAs have withdrawn support from the Haryana government. During the election campaign in Nilokheri and other places, we were not invited...After this, the public started questioning us about why we weren't called. It was an insult to us. The public asked us not to extend support from now on...We did not want any ministerial posts; we just wanted to work for the people of the state. Now, we are going to extend support to Congress from outside," Gonder told ANI.
The other two MLAs are Randhir Golan from Pundri and Sombir Singh Sangwan from Charkhi Dadri.
The development came amid the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Nayab Saini replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the CM nearly two months ago.
In the House of 90, the BJP has 39 MLAs, the Congress has 30, the Jan Nayak Janata Party has 10, the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) has one, and the Indian National Lok Dal has one, along with seven Independents.
The BJP, which had 41 MLAs initially, was reduced to 39 when the Karnal and Rania seats fell vacant following the resignation of two MLAs.
Earlier, six out of seven Independent MLAs used to support the BJP. With three Independents withdrawing their support, the BJP at present, has the support of three Independents and one HLP MLA, making it a government of 43 MLAs.
Polling for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held in the sixth phase on May 25.
