The Haryana Congress on Monday obtained a shot within the arm as eight former legislators, together with a former minister, joined the get together. The eight, together with two who had earlier left the Grand Old Party, had been welcomed by state Congress chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Those who joined the get together embrace Sharda Rathore, who had stop Congress to affix the BJP in 2019, Ram Niwas Ghodela, Naresh Selwal, Parminder Singh Dhul, Jile Ram Sharma, Rakesh Kamboj, Rajkumar Valmiki and Subhash Chaudhary. Along with them, Loktanter Suraksha Party’s Kishanlal Panchal additionally joined Congress.
Hooda assured them of full respect and honour within the get together. He mentioned such a lot of leaders becoming a member of collectively is reflective of the folks’s sentiments.
“It is clear from this development that the public sentiments are with the Congress. The Congress is getting a strong response from the public as it is the only option for the future. The party is on a comeback,” mentioned the chief of opposition within the Haryana meeting.
Udai Bhan mentioned that leaders who joined Congress, characterize completely different lessons and communities. “Two represent Kamboj community, one Brahmin, one Jat, two Scheduled Castes, one Rajput, one from the Lohat and one from Prajapati community. This gives a clear indication that all sections are with the Congress,” mentioned Udai Bhan, including that their becoming a member of will give extra energy to the get together.
Sharda Rathore had remained MLA from Ballabhgarh seat in Faridabad. She left the Congress get together and joined the BJP in August 2019.
Ram Niwas Ghorela is a former MLA from Barwala whereas Naresh Selwal is an ex-MLA from Uklana (reserved).
Parminder Singh Dhull remained MLA twice on the INLD ticket from the Julana seat. However, he misplaced within the 2019 meeting polls after he contested on the BJP ticket.
Zile Ram Sharma is a former Congress MLA from Assandh seat of Karnal district whereas Rakesh Kamboj is a former Congress MLA from Indri seat.
Rakesh Kamboj was elected MLA from Indri seat of Karnal in 2005. He stood third from the identical seat as a HJC candidate in 2009 and 2014.
Raj Kumar Valmiki, a former the secretary of the Youth Congress, was elected MLA from Jundla in 1991 and was appointed chief parliamentary secretary. He was the chairman of the Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation from 2006 to 2014. Prior to becoming a member of the Conghress, he was Ambala in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Subhash Choudhary, a two-term MLA from Jagadhri constituency — 1996 and 2005 — additionally remained a minister from 1996-2001.
Kishan Lal Panchal is the state president of Loktantra Suraksha Party and had contested Lok Sabha elections from Rohtak in 2019 and meeting elections from Bahadurgarh.
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