The Haryana BJP on Wednesday said it was gearing up to contest election from all Assembly seats in the State in case its alliance with Haryana Janhit Morcha broke.
The party is also likely to announce the list of 45 candidates by the end of this month. “By August 31, we are likely to announce the names of our 45 candidates,” Haryana BJP’s legislature party leader and Ambala Cantt MlA, Anil Vij, has said.
Vij said BJP’s State unit had prepared a panel of candidates for all the 90 seats and forwarded the names to party high command. While on some seats, a panel of three names has been prepared, on some others the number varies from one to two.
Asked when BJP was preparing the panel of candidates for all the 90 seats, in that case where did its alliance with Kuldeep Bishnoi-led HJC stood, Vij said, “from our side we have made preparation to fight all the seats on our own in case the alliance does not work, which is why we have forwarded the names.”
When asked to clarify if BJP was preparing to go it alone in the upcoming Assembly polls, Vij said, “we were committed to the alliance, but Bishnoi has violated the coalition dharma. In fact, he has been speaking in a dictating tone and wants to dictate the terms, knowing fully well that his party lost both the lok Sabha seats it contested despite there being a Modi wave.
“Bishnoi has spared no effort to break the ties. During the past few months, we have not found Bishnoi putting even a single photo of any of our leader including Prime Minister Narendra Modi from HJC’s platforms.”