Both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are facing insurgent issues in the Haryana assembly elections. 19 BJP rebels and 29 Congress rebels are contesting in 15 and 20 constituencies respectively.
Interestingly, the Congress managed to convince 12 dissenters in seven constituencies. BJP rebels in six constituencies also withdrew their nominations at the request of senior party leaders. Congress MP Deepender Hooda and CM Nayab Singh Saini appealed to the dissidents to withdraw their nominations and support the party candidate. Chief among the BJP rebels who withdrew their nominations was senior party leader Ram Bilas Sharma.
Ignoring advice from senior leaders
The 19 rebels challenging the party’s candidates in 15 constituencies have ignored calls from senior BJP leaders. One of the BJP’s dissidents is prominent industrialist Savitri Jindal, who was denied the franchise from the Hisar parliamentary constituency. Jindal and Gautam Sadhana are contesting against party candidate Dr Kamal Gupta.
These are the rebel leaders of the BJP
Other BJP rebels expected to hurt the party include Ranjit Singh from Rania, Shashi Ranjan Parmar from Tosham, Devendra Kadiyan from Gannaur, Nayan Pal Rawat and Deepak Dagar from Pritra, Sandeep Garg from Radwa, Priya Asija from Bhiwani, Prashant’s names include Sunny from Safidon, Bachchan Singh and Jasveer Deshwal, Amit from Beri, Radha Ahlawat from Meham, Satbir Singh from Jhajjar, Dinesh Kaushik from Pundri, Vinod Nirmal and Anand Rana from Kalayat and Satyawan Shera from Israna.
The number of rebels in Congress grows
The Congress has more rebels than the BJP. Party candidates in 20 parliamentary constituencies are being challenged by 29 rebels, including Neetu Mann from Pritra, Sudhir Chaudhary from Pataudi, Manoj from Kosli, Satvinder, Anita Dhull, Deepak and Sumit from Kalayat, Naresh Dhande from Guhala and Daluram from Harsh Chhikara. from Jhajjar, Sanjeet from Jind, Pradeep Gill from Jind, Virendra Ghoghadia and Dilbag Sandil from Uchana Kala, Rajesh June from Bahadurgarh, Sanjana Satrod from Barwala, Vijay Jain from Panipat (rural), Rohita Revdi from Panipat (urban) Among them are Abhijeet and Neelam Aggarwal, Kapoor Narwal from Baroda, Satbir Ratera from Bhawanikheda, Lalit Nagar from Tigaon, Sharda Rathod from Ballabhgarh, Chitra Sarwara from Ambala Cantt, Randhir Golan, Sajjan Dhull, Satbir and Sunita Batan from Pundri.
A total of 1,031 candidates are in the fray, including 48 insurgents.
A total of 1,031 candidates, including 48 oppositions, are in the fray, which is 138 fewer than the 1,169 candidates in 2019. The BJP and Congress have 89 candidates, followed by the CPIM, INLD-BSP and JJP-ASP, which have fielded one, 87 and 83 candidates respectively.
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