In yet another setback for the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, two of its sitting MLAs joined the ruling BJP here on Tuesday. The two INLD MLAs Parminder Dhull from the Julana constituency and Zakir Hussain from the Nuh segment joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state BJP president Subhash Barala. Besides, Jannayak Janata Party's Rohtak district unit chief Dharampal Makroli also joined the BJP here on the occasion, Barala told reporters.
The two INLD MLAs said they had earlier in the day met the Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal in the Vidhan Sabha here and submitted their resignations.
With the joining of the two MLAs in the BJP, the INLD, which was until a few months ago the main opposition party in Haryana with as many as 19 members, has now been reduced to a mere seven MLAs.