Minister in Madhya Pradesh Government Kailash Vijayvargiya will be BJP’s election in-charge for poll-bound Haryana. The party, which wants to form a Government in the State, is in the process of selecting candidates for the Assembly elections.
Though the BJP is in alliance with the Haryana Janhit Congress of former Chief Minister Bhajan lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi, there is uncertainty over the continuance of the tie-up due to differences on seat-sharing.
While Bishnoi is seeking 50 per cent seats and that he be declared the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance, the BJP is opposed to such a move and wants him to climb down on the issue of seats and leave the CM’s post to it, in line with the lok Sabha poll results.
Talks are underway between Bishnoi and top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, for scaling down his demand for seats on which the HJC chief has agreed to some extent.
Sources say Bishnoi is ready to contest on 30 seats out of the total of 90 seats, leaving the remaining 60 to BJP as also the CM’s post. BJP is wanting to bring him down further to 15-20 seats even as parleys between the two are continuing.