Modi wave, anti-incumbency will help in Haryana, says BJP
Participating in Panchayat Aaj Tak, a special event held in Chandigarh ahead of the October 15 elections, BJP leaders Dharamvir Singh, Rattan Lal Kataria and Chaudhary Birender Singh claimed that the party will form government in Haryana.
The BJP on Saturday said it will benefit from both the Narendra Modi wave as well as the anti-incumbency against the 10-year rule of Bhupinder Singh Hooda's government in the Haryana Assembly elections next month.
Participating in Panchayat Aaj Tak, a special event held in Chandigarh ahead of the October 15 elections, BJP leaders Dharamvir Singh, Rattan Lal Kataria and Chaudhary Birender Singh claimed that the party will form government in Haryana.
"The Lok Sabha elections this year was an election for change. The same will happen in Haryana," Dharamvir Singh said. When asked about the party's dismal performance in the recent by-elections, he said, "We are not disillusioned. The conditions in Haryana are different."
The BJP has not named any leader as its chief ministerial candidate in Haryana, a fact that was raised by a Congress leader in one of the earlier sessions of the Panchayat.
"It is wrong to say that we have no leader in the state. The central leadership will decide who the chief minister will be," BJP MP Rattan Lal Kataria said.
When asked why the party has not aligned with any other political party, Kataria said, "There is no need for us to get into an alliance with anybody. We will win 65 to 70 seats on our own. There is a BJP wave in Haryana with people from other parties lining up to join the BJP."
"There is also a strong anti-incumbency against the Hooda government's misrule in the state," Birender Singh said.
Elections for the 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 15. The votes will be counted on October 19.