Big trouble for JJP, 4 MPs resign ahead of Haryana elections | News from India

According to sources, four JJP MPs resigned from the party on Saturday, coming as a shock to the Haryana assembly elections. Anoop Dhanak, Ram Karan Kala, Devender Babli and Ishwar Singh left the party citing personal reasons, sources said.

The Election Commission on Friday announced that the assembly elections in Haryana would be held in a single phase on October 1 and the results would be declared on October 4. The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) had won 10 seats in the 2019 assembly elections.

Dhanak, a minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government, was elected from Uklana constituency in Hisar, while Babli won from Tohana constituency in Fatehabad.
Babli was also a minister in the Khattar government.

Singh is MP for Guhla-Chika in Kaithal while Kala is MP for Shahabad in Kurukshetra. Two party MPs – Ram Niwas Surjakhera from Narwana constituency and Jogi Ram Sihag from Barwala constituency – face disqualification charges.

The JJP joined forces with the BJP after the saffron party failed to win a majority in the 90-member House of Representatives in the 2019 elections. The alliance ended in March after Nayab Singh replaced Saini Khattar as chief minister.