Haryana crisis: Can Congress overthrow BJP govt as 3 independents switch sides?
when, on Tuesday, three Independent MLAs – Sombir Sangwan (Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (Pundri) and Dharampal Gonder (Nilokheri) – who have supported the saffron party since 2019, withdrew their support, bringing the BJP's majority to a minority in the 90-member (two seats are vacant) Assembly. The halfway mark is 45, and the NDA currently has 43 MLAs. The government needs the support of two more members to continue holding the reins of the government.
The three independent MLAs who withdrew support said they would back the Congress in the Lok Sabha 2024 polls. How do numbers look in the Haryana Assembly? The BJP has 40 members in the current Assembly (after the resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar as Karnal MP). Since three independent MLAs withdrew their support, the saffron party now enjoys the backing of only two.
That's 42! Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) MLA Gopal Kanda also extended his support to the BJP, pushing the BJP's number to 43 – two short of majority. Congress has 30 MLAs. Since a political realignment had occurred amid BJP-JJP differences, Dushyant Chautala is willing to extend his party's support to the grand old party.
“I want to tell Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda that going by the present numbers in the Assembly, if a step is taken that this government is brought down during (Lok Sabha) elections, then we will fully consider to support them in this. Now, the Congress has to think whether they will take a step to bring down the BJP government," Dushyant Singh Chautala said. With JJP's 10 MLAs and three independents, Congress would have 43 MLAs in its kitty.
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