Haryana BJP’s Sanjay Sharma explained why the party did not do well in civic polls
Chandigarh:
The BJP has explained why it lost the elections to three of the five municipal corporations in Haryana amid the farmers’ protest against the agricultural laws. The BJP and its ally Janta Jannayak Party (JJP) also lost the mayoral elections in Sonipat and Ambala on Wednesday.
Two of those three defeats came at Hisar’s Ukalana and Rewari’s Dharuhera, both considered strongholds of the JJP of Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala.
“December 25, 26 and 27 were holidays. And you know that in December, when the year ends and there are a lot of holidays, people tend to take long trips. Unfortunately, most of those who went on vacation were people than the BJP vote bank, “Haryana BJP spokesman Sanjay Sharma told reporters today.
The defeats come a year after the BJP-JJP came to power and amid protests over three farm laws passed by the BJP downtown in September, protests driven, in part, by state farmers.
The farmers of Ambala, from whose district Interior Minister Anil Vij is a member of the MLA and the leader of the BJP is the deputy, celebrated the defeat of the ruling party with enthusiasm, sharing sweets and breaking into singing and dancing.
BJP MLA from Ambala Aseem Goel said the civic elections were “BJP against everyone else.” “When the government does a good job, they all come together to prevent the government from achieving its goals. This is what is happening in Haryana. Their agenda is meaningless, they have no real goals. All they want is to stop the BJP. Their differences will work out later, but let’s tackle the BJP first, here’s what they think, “Goel said. However, the MLA said protests against the farm laws appear to have hurt the party in civic elections.
Shakti Rani Sharma, of the Haryana Janachetana Party, will be the mayor of Ambala, after winning by more than 800 votes. Rani Sharma is the wife of the head of the party, Venod Sharma, a former leader of Congress and a former trade union minister. Her son, Manu Sharma, was convicted in the Jessica Lal murder case.
The farmers’ protest had put Dushyant Chautala in a bind because farmers are his key voter base. Chautala, who is the grandson of farmer leader and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, previously said he would resign if he cannot guarantee the minimum support price (MSP), a key demand from protesting farmers.
Last week, he faced a boycott in his local district, the Uchana Kalan de Jind, after villagers unearthed a temporary helipad before a scheduled public event.
Several other villages in Haryana have called for a full boycott of all members of the ruling coalition, amid widespread anger over the center’s controversial agricultural laws.
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