Expelled INLD leader Ajay Chautala's wife and legislator Naina Chautala on Friday dared the rival camp led by Abhay Chautala to expel her from the party.
After expulsion of her husband and sons, Hisar MP Dushyant and Digvijay from the INLD, Naina Chautala, who is party MLA from Dabwali also hinted at the possibility of major decisions at a meeting called by Ajay Chautala on Saturday at Jind.
“From tomorrow, there will be a new beginning,” she said on Friday while addressing a meeting at Ellenabad in Sirsa.
When asked if Ajay Chautala is likely to float a new outfit, she told the mediapersons, “See what all happens tomorrow.”
Abhay Chautala, who is Leader of opposition and party MLA from Ellenabad too has called a meeting on Saturday in Chandigarh of the Haryana-based Indian National Lok Dal’s serving and former MLAs, MPs and other office bearers in a show of strength between the two brothers.
The feud within the Chautala family escalated after the jailed INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala expelled his elder son Ajay Singh Chautala from the primary membership of the party for alleged anti-party activities.
A fortnight ago, he had also expelled Ajay Chautala’s two sons, Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala and Digvijay Chautala, over alleged indiscipline.
Ajay Chautala (57), who is serving a 10-year jail term along with former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in a teachers' recruitment scam, is currently out on a two-week parole.
Though Naina Chautala has been speaking out after the action against her sons, she has been spared disciplinary action so far.
“Why don't you expel me and (INLD MLA) Nagender Bhadana? We too have been holding separate programmes. What was Ajay ji's fault, what did he do?” she said, questioning his expulsion.
Naina Chautala said, if she is expelled, Abhay Chautala may lose the Leader of Opposition status because of a fall in the number of party MLAs in the Haryana assembly.
Attacking Abhay Chautala, she said, “A man may dress like a Rs sadhu’, but that won't change his mentality.”
She also alleged that several INLD MLAs were being forcibly confined in a resort in Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh, a charge denied by the Abhay Chautala camp.
Asked if Dushyant Chautala is being pitched as a future Chief Minister by the Ajay Chautala camp, she said it was up to the people.
Meanwhile, the party secretary Ashok Sherwal on Friday also threw his weight behind Ajay Chautala and announced his resignation from the post.
He claimed 100 party workers and office bearers have also resigned with him in support of Ajay Chautala.
