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Haryana Politics: The assembly elections in Haryana are still a year and a half away, but the race to become the CM in the Congress has already started. After the resounding victory in Karnataka, its in-charge Randeep Surjewala has staked claim for the post of chief minister in his home state Haryana.
On Wednesday (June 14) Randeep Surjewala demonstrated strength in his assembly constituency Kaithal. During this, his supporters played songs to make him the CM. For a long time in Haryana, former CM Bhupinder Hooda has been considered as the face of the Congress, but after the rise of Surjewala in the party, now the competition for the face in the Haryana Congress has become interesting.
Congress is making this promise regarding Haryana elections
On the lines of Himachal and Karnataka, Congress is making attractive promises like cooking gas at Rs 500, old pension scheme, allowance to women and unemployed in Haryana. is engaged in. Apart from this, Congress is also promising to give plots to the poor in Haryana.
How many seats does the Congress have in Haryana?
The Congress currently has 30 MLAs in the 90-member state assembly. There are 41 MLAs of BJP and 10 MLAs of JJP. The BJP had won 40 seats in the 2019 Haryana assembly elections, but after the victory in the Adampur assembly by-election held last year, the number of BJP MLAs has gone up to 41.
After the results of the 2019 assembly elections, BJP and JJP together formed the government. In this, Manohar Lal Khattar was made the CM, while Dushyant Chautala was given the responsibility of the post of Deputy CM.
Randeep Surjewala is considered to have played an important role in the victory of the Congress in Karnataka. Out of 224 seats here, Congress had won 135. Whereas BJP was reduced to 66 seats and JDS to 19 seats.