Former Union Steel Minister Birender Singh at a rally in Haryana’s Jind on October 2 threatened to quit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) in the State and advised the saffron party to go solo in the polls scheduled for next year.
He also hinted at his possible return to Congress saying that he had “full respect” in the party while being with it for four decades. Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi trusted and supported me more than any leader in Haryana, he added.
In a scathing attack on JJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Mr. Singh without naming him, at the rally “Meri Aawaz Suno (Listen To Me)“, said that people thought him to be Chaudhary Devi Lal’s incarnation, but he had cheated people like none other in the politics. He also attacked the JJP leader for alleged corruption saying that “people came to him saying that he sought 8-10% commission”.
