After the BJP fielded Independent MLA Ranjit Chautala from the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency, late Chief Minister Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi, who had quit Congress to join the ruling party two years ago, said that his supporters were “disappointed”.
In a video message posted on X, Mr. Bishnoi said he had been getting phone calls from his supporters expressing their disappointment. He, however, made an appeal to them to not “lose their cool”.
“We have to continue to work like ordinary workers of the party and contribute to make all BJP candidates victorious,” said Mr. Bishnoi, who had quit the Congress to join the BJP in August 2022 in annoyance over being overlooked for the post of the party’s State president.
BJP’s Brijendra Singh, who joined the Congress earlier this month, had won the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in 2019, defeating Jannayak Janta Party’s Dushyant Chautala. Mr. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya, who had contested on a Congress ticket, had finished a distant third.
Mr. Bhavya was also tipped to be the Deputy Chief Minister in the recent Cabinet revamp in Haryana. While he did not get the post, he did find place in the Cabinet eventually.
Rania MLA Ranjit Chautala, who is a Cabinet minister in the Haryana government, had joined the BJP on March 25, hours before he was announced to be the party’s candidate from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat.
