Updated on Monday, August 24, 2009, 16:17 IST
Chandigarh: Ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, BJP on Monday snapped its alliance with Indian National Lok Dal led by former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. The Saffron party also decided to go it alone in Haryana in the forthcoming polls. The announcement was made at a press conference here by senior BJP leader and party's in-charge for Haryana affairs, Vijay Goel.
The 90-member Haryana Assembly was dissolved on Friday night, seven months ahead of its term following a recommendation by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, paving the way for early polls. Accusing the INLD of adopting a "rigid" approach, Goel said, "The alliance has not broken because of us. The INLD adopted a rigid approach. Our workers wanted that we should contest on maximum number of seats, but they (INLD) adopted a rigid approach." Referring to the Saffron party's three-day "Chintan Baithak" meet at Shimla last week, he said there had been a discussion in the meeting that the BJP should fight on maximum number of seats in Haryana given its stature. He said the BJP was hopeful of putting up a good performance in the upcoming state Assembly polls. "We have good candidates who will fight. Our first priority will be to stop the anti-people Congress from coming to power again," Goel said. State BJP president Krishan Pal Gujjar, former MP Rattan Lal Kataria and senior state leader Harjit Singh Grewal were also present at the press conference. The BJP, whose state leadership had strongly objected to the alliance with the INLD last year after the two parties went separate ways in 2004, had been unhappy with the number of seats being offered by INLD to them for the polls. A senior state BJP leader said that INLD had offered them 30 seats to contest. The strength of Congress members in the outgoing Assembly was 63 while eight MLAs were from INLD, one each from BJP, BSP and NCP and ten independents. Six seats were vacant. Bureau Report
BJP should have a simple rule for alliances - is the alliance partner for a magnificent Ram Temple at Ayodhya? Compromising on its ideology has led to not only the organization being dictated to by its alliance partners, but even its leaders feel that they can eulogize the 'partitioner' of the country and get away with it.
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