Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) government in Haryana seem to be heading for a split, amid speculations that the seat-sharing talks between the two parties have been inconclusive.
The BJP, reportedly, is against giving two seats to JJP in the state, which has 10 Lok Sabha seats.
Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) MLA Gopal Kanda claimed that the alliance was on the verge of a split. He also said that there would be another meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, after which the future course of action will be decided.
Independent MLA Nayan Pal Rawat, meanwhile, told ANI: "I met the chief minister yesterday. We have already extended our support to CM Manohar Lal-led government. We also discussed the strategy for the Lok Sabha elections. I got the impression that the process of breaking the alliance with JJP has already started."
Another independent MLA Dharampal Gonder said that the independent MLAs were supporting the BJP led government.
The two parties stitched together a post-poll alliance, along with the support of five independent MLAs, after the BJP fell short of the 46-seat majority mark in the 2019 assembly polls, despite emerging as the single largest party with 41 seats. JJP president and co-founder Dushyant Chautala was named the deputy chief minister.
Khattar has called an urgent meeting of the BJP MLAs, at his residence.
The BJP's Central Election Committee on Monday had held its second meeting to decide on the party's candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Ahead of the meeting, Chautala held talks with BJP president J.P. Nadda for distribution of seats among the two allies in the state.
A section of Haryana BJP leaders has been opposed to the alliance. The BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the previous elections in 2019.
