Haryana crisis: Can Congress overthrow BJP govt as it faces minority status?

The daze to the BJP came when, connected Tuesday, 3 Independent MLAs – Sombir Sangwan (Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (Pundri) and Dharampal Gonder (Nilokheri) – who person supported the saffron enactment since 2019, withdrew their support, bringing the BJP's bulk to a number successful the 90-member (two seats are vacant) Assembly. 

The halfway people is 45, and the NDA presently has 43 MLAs. The authorities needs the enactment of 2 much members to proceed holding the reins of the government. The 3 autarkic MLAs who withdrew enactment said they would backmost the Congress successful the Lok Sabha 2024 polls.

How bash numbers look successful the Haryana Assembly? The BJP has 40 members successful the existent Assembly (after the resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar arsenic Karnal MP). Since 3 Independent MLAs withdrew their support, the saffron enactment present enjoys the backing of lone two. That's 42! Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) MLA Gopal Kanda besides extended his enactment to the BJP, pushing the BJP's fig to 43 – 2 abbreviated of majority.

Congress has 30 MLAs. Since a governmental realignment had occurred amid BJP-JJP differences, Dushyant Chautala is consenting to widen his party's enactment to the expansive aged party. “I privation to archer Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda that going by the contiguous numbers successful the Assembly, if a measurement is taken that this authorities is brought down during (Lok Sabha) elections, past we volition afloat see to enactment them successful this. Now, the Congress has to deliberation whether they volition instrumentality a measurement to bring down the BJP government," Dushyant Singh Chautala said.

With JJP's 10 MLAs and 3 Independents, Congress would clasp 43 MLAs successful its kitty.

Independent MLA Balraj Kundu besides claims to beryllium opposing the government. If helium extends enactment to Congress, the enactment volition person 44 MLAs – 1 abbreviated of the crossing the half-way mark.

Does Om Prakash Chautala clasp the key? Om Prakash Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has conscionable 1 MLA successful the Assembly. If INLD supports the BJP, it would effect successful a hung Assembly with 44 MLAs connected some sides. But if Om Prakash Chautala supports the Congress, the grand-old enactment needs to amusement the missive of enactment to the Governor to signifier the adjacent government. 

How is Congress moving this out? With the enactment of 3 Independent MLAs, JJP's 10 legislators and if autarkic Balraj Kundu, too, extends his enactment to the grand-old party, Congress volition person to scope retired to INLD to propulsion them to its side. 

Congress is, however, seeking the imposition of a President's Rule and caller Assembly elections successful Haryana. It has besides requested that JJP and others constitute to the governor.

“We are going to constitute to the Governor that 3 Independent MLAs person withdrawn support, and they person extended enactment to our party... the authorities is successful the minority, and they person nary close to enactment successful power. We volition request that the authorities beryllium dismissed, President's Rule beryllium imposed, and caller elections beryllium held," Haryana Congress main Udai Bhan said.

“Likewise, the JJP should besides constitute a missive stating that the authorities beryllium dismissed. INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala and Independent MLA Balraj Kundu, who assertion to beryllium opposing the government, should besides constitute akin letters to the Governor," elder Congress person BB Batra added.

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Published: 08 May 2024, 04:44 PM IST