PM Modi to address rally in Kurukshetra on Sept 14

Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally at Kurukshetra’s Theme Park on September 14. Minister of State for Urban Local Bodies and Thanesar MLA Subhash Sudha, talking to reporters on Sunday, Sudha said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally on September 14 and the BJP will move rapidly towards forming the government in Haryana for the third time. Duties have been assigned for the rally.”

Khattar meets former Mayor Renu Bala Gupta; asks her to support BJP candidate

Karnal: Amid growing dissent for Karnal assembly seat, Union Power Minister and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday reached the residence of former mayor Renu Bala Gupta and asked her to support BJP candidate Jagmohan Anand. Gupta, her husband Brij Gupta, and supporters remained firm on their decision. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had also attempted to placate Gupta on Saturday after she expressed displeasure over the party's decision to field Jagmohan Anand as the candidate from the Karnal seat. “We have conveyed to Khattar ji about our concern. We will take a final decision after a meeting of our supporters on September 10,” said former Mayor.

Khattar, while interacting with media persons, highlighted the role of Gupta family in his and CM Saini’s victory. “The family members worked a lot with dedication for the party’s candidates in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections. I have asked them to work for the party’s candidate. “Such disagreements are common when large-scale decisions are made. Renu Bala Gupta had aspirations to contest this election. She, her husband and family members, had played an important role in my victory as well as in victory of CM Saini,” said Khattar.

Moreover, former Karnal BJP district president Ashok Sukhija voiced his dissatisfaction over ticket distribution. Sukhija also raised concerns over the party overlooking him, as he is among the senior-most candidates. Sukhija has called a meeting of his supporters on Monday and has left the decision whether to contest the election on them.

Aditya Chautala, Devi Lal’s grandson, quits BJP to join INLD

Chandigarh: Aditya Chautala, 45, grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal on Sunday quit the BJP to join the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Dabwali town of Sirsa district in the presence of INLD general secretary and his cousin brother Abhay Chautala. Abhay announced to nominate Aditya as candidate of the INLD-BSP alliance from Dabwali assembly constituency. He is set to contest against his nephew Digvijay Chautala who is great grandson of Devi Lal. The Congress has also renominated Amit Sihag who is also a member of the extended family of Devi Lal. Aditya had contested the 2019 assembly election on the BJP ticket but lost the poll to Amit Sihag of the Congress.

Chd devotional Singer Kanhaiya Mittal to join Cong

Chandigarh: Devotional singer Kanhaiya Mittal on Sunday announced that he will join Congress to spread the Sanatana Dharma. “It is wrong that the BJP denied me the ticket from Panchkula and that is why I am joining Congress. I hold no grudges against the BJP. I believe that Sanatana Dharma can be spread from every party and not only from one party,” Mittal said in a video message posted on X. He further said that had it been for the BJP’s ticket, he would have talked to people and got the ticket from Panchkula. “I am friends with everyone. I have never asked anyone to vote for the BJP. I have always maintained to vote for the people who talk of Sanatana Dharma and Ram Mandir,” the singer said. “I was never with the BJP. Yes, they used to call me to their programmes to sing the ‘Jo Ram Ko Laye Hain’ song. If you listen to the song there is no mention of the BJP. It was the Maharaj Guruji Yogi Andityanth who used to call us to the BJP programmes. He will always remain our guru,” the singer concluded.

Disgruntled BJP leader Kamboj to contest as an Independent

Chandigarh: The disgruntled BJP leader Karan Dev Kamboj has decided to contest the Assembly election as an Independent candidate, after getting no positive response from Haryana election-co-incharge and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in a meeting with him in New Delhi. He is yet to finalize whether he will contest the election from Radaur Assembly constituency of Yamunanagar district or Indri Assembly constituency of Karnal district. After being denied the party ticket from Radaur, Kamboj resigned from the post of president of BJP OBC Morcha, Haryana, and other posts of the BJP on September 5. He contested the Assembly election in 2019 from Radaur but was defeated by Congress’ Bishan Lal Saini. He contested and won the 2014 Assembly election from Indri. He was made the Haryana Minister of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affair and Forest.

Right-wing activist, cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi to contest from Faridabad NIT as Independent

Faridabad: Rajkumar Panchal, known as Bittu Bajrangi, a right-wing activist and cow vigilante, on Sunday announced to contest Assembly elections from Faridabad NIT constituency as an Independent. He had been booked as an accused in the violence that had taken place in Nuh district last year. Talking to reporters, Bajrangi said that while he had been campaigning in the segment for the past few months, he is now ready to file nomination papers as his following had grown immensely in the past few years. He said that he had been carrying out door-to-door campaigning to get support. Bajrangi is an accused in the case of violence that broke out during the Braj Mandal Yatra in Nuh in 2023.