For more than four decades after Haryana was carved out of Punjab on November 1, 1966, the politics of the agrarian State largely revolved around its three famous Lals — Chaudhary Devi Lal, Bansi Lal, and Bhajan Lal — before the trio passed away in the first decade of the present century, leaving behind a rich political legacy.
Though none of the three political families could match the charisma of the trio, who ruled the State several times and also left a mark in national politics, it is for the first time that the families of Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal have been pushed out of the electoral contest after being denied tickets by their respective parties in the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
The Congress has denied a ticket to the late Bansi Lal’s granddaughter Shruti Choudhry, the party’s State working president, from the family’s traditional Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen Chaudhary Devi Lal’s son Ranjit Chautala over former Lok Sabha MP Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of the late Bhajan Lal, for the Hisar Lok Sabha seat.
