- By Abhinav Gupta
- Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:12 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Chandigarh | Jagran News Desk: Dushyant Chautala, the chief of Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) -- a breakway faction of his uncle Abhay Singh Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), reached the polling booth of a Jat-dominated seat in Haryana’s Sirsa on a tractor.
Chautala’s mother Naina Chautala and his wife accompanied him on the tractor.
“People (in Haryana) are looking for a change and that is why we reached the polling booth with a mode of transportation that is our identity,” Chautala told the media outside the polling booth.
He admitted that support extended by rebel state Congress chief Ashok Tanwar would help his party getting maximum seats.
"Boond-boond se sagar bharta hai (every drop contributes to the ocean). So is people (Tanwar) joining our party -- strengthening our base," he added.
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Dushyant Chautala is being seen as the real inheritor of his great grandfather and former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal's political legacy.
The Chautala clan in the poll arena are Abhay Singh, Dushyant, Naina, Ranjit Singh and Aditya Devi Lal.
Dushyant Chautala is contesting from Uchana Kalan in Jind district. His party is contesting all the 90 Assembly seats.
So is his estranged uncle and Devi Lal's grandson Abhay Singh Chautala, who is contesting from Ellenabad in Sirsa.
Sitting legislator Naina Chautala is contesting from Badhra in Bhiwani district via his son's outfit JJP.
The BJP has fielded Devi Lal's grandson Aditya Devi Lal from Dabwali in Sirsa district.
Devi Lal's son Ranjit Singh has fielded himself as an Independent from Rania in Sirsa district after the Congress denied him a ticket.
Haryana is witnessing a triangular contest between the BJP, Congress and INLD. While JJP is also in the fight, the elections seem to have turned into a BJP vs Congress with the other two parties -- which were once parts of the same faction -- struggling for identity crisis in the state. The BJP, rising the 'Modi wave' and the recent victory in the Lok Sabha polls, seems to have an upper hand on the Congress.
In 2014, the BJP had won 47 seats becoming the single largest party in the state. The INLD was at the second position with 19 seats while the Congress was at the third position with 15 seats in its bag. The voter turnout in the state set a new record with 76.54 per cent.
(With IANS inputs)