Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader and MLA from Narnaund, Ram Kumar Gautam who was recently served notice by his party for criticizing senior party leader and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, met Speaker Gian Chandra Gupta on Monday and demanded action against persons who made his video during the Assembly session.
In the video, Gautam had spoken against Dushyant. Talking to The Pioneer, Speaker Gupta said that he received a letter from MLA Gautam but has not read it so far. When contacted, Gautam said, “I do not want to say anything on this issue.”
Almost a month after Gautam took on his senior party leader Dushyant Chautala for keeping 11 portfolios in the BJP-JJP coalition government in the State, the JJP on January 23 sought an explanation from the veteran politician.
JJP has given Gautam 15 days to explain remarks against DushyantGautam, who was in the race for becoming a minister after the JJP formed an alliance with the BJP had earlier said that after becoming the Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant took 11 departments under his control and forgot other party leaders.
Upset with the denial of a Cabinet berth in the BJP-JJP coalition government, Gautam had stated, “He (Dushyant) is keeping all the portfolios including industry, excise and taxation, PWD (B&R), revenue and food and supply. There is no limit to their greed. What can we do? He did not share power with anybody else. He made me MLA, but we have made him the Deputy Chief Minister.”
Last month, Gautam, who had defeated former State Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu, had announced his resignation from the post of JJP’s national vice president.