After choosing a non-Jat CM for Haryana, BJP on Wednesday assuaged the sentiments of the dominant Jat community, by announced the name of Subhash Brala - a Jat leader of district Fatehabad as State president of the party.
Former State general secretary of BJP, Brala has stronghold in Fatehabad, Ratia and Uchana Kalan area. Moreover, he had proved his political worth by winning from Tohana, where Punjabi and backward class voters have strong hold.
Although, BJP chose Manohar lal Khattar as CM yet, it accomodated two Jats in the council of ministers to keep the caste balance in the State. Capt Abhimanyu and OP Dhankar were included in the Khattar Cabinet to keep the Jats in good humour.
In addition, another prominent Jat leader, Chaudhary Birender Singh, who joined BJP from the Congress, has been made a Union Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. For the last almost five decades, Haryana politics has largely been Jat centric due to their social-economic dominance and 27 per cent population in the State.
The 47-year old Brala defeated Nishan Singh of INlD with a margin of 6,906 votes from Tohana in the assembly elections which left Congress candidate trailing at the 4th position.
Brala had joined RSS during his college days and had been working actively with Modi, when he was in charge of BJP Haryana affairs. Brala had also been appointed as in-charge of Haryana for Modi’s ‘Statue of Unity’.
Brala’s forma journey with BJP started in 1994. In 1995 he joined as deputy chairman of Sugar Mill Tohana, director of Sugar Federation. In 2000 he became State president of Yuva Morcha in Haryana and remained on this post for three years. He became district president of BJP followed by State president of Kisan Morcha for three consecutive terms. He also worked as secretary of state BJP and before taking the charge of state general secretary for the last one and half years.
Talking to The Pioneer, Brala said his priority will be strengthening the party with the coordination of old and new party workers. “We will discuss and decide organizational setup collectively soon”, he said.