"No MLA Quit": Dushyant Chautala Says Party Intact After Split With BJP
NDTV
The flux in Haryana's political landscape played out against talk the BJP cut its former ally lose to destabilise the opposition INDIA bloc.
Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday told NDTV no member of the Jannayak Janata Party had quit following the split with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana, which cost his party a place in the ruling alliance and Mr Chautala the Deputy Chief Minister's chair.
He indicated the BJP-JJP rift was a result of disagreements over a Lok Sabha seat-share deal, but stressed the JJP cadre remains committed to ensuring the success of the party - in the April/May Lok Sabha election and the Assembly poll later this year.
"I just want one to make one clear statement on all of this... we were discussing seat-share deals in the NDA (the BJP-led national alliance). There were four rounds of meetings in Delhi... in the end we could not agree on the numbers, so the JJP expressed its views. We told the BJP will not contest any Lok Sabha seat with them, but said we need to finalise the Assembly deal," Mr Chautala told NDTV.
