BJP breaks the jinx in Haryana
Geetanjali Gayatri
Chandigarh, November 6
The Adampur bypoll victory in Haryana has come as a shot in the arm for the BJP, the party having suffered two consecutive defeats in Baroda and Ellenabad over the past two years.
Congratulating BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the result showed the “people’s faith in the inclusive policies” of the BJP-JJP combine’s double-engine government that had “fast-tracked development”.
The BJP now has 41 MLAs in the 90-member Assembly whereas its ally JJP has 10. The JJP is supported by six Independent MLAs and one of the Haryana Lokhit Party. The opposition Congress has been reduced to 30 MLAs.
Having held the Adampur seat since 1968, Bhavya is the sixth member of ex-CM Bhajan Lal’s family to be elected from the segment. The seat was earlier represented by Bhajan Lal, his wife Jasma Devi, Kuldeep Bishnoi and his wife Renuka Bishnoi.
Though Bhavya’s winning margin (15,740 votes) has almost halved compared to his father Kuldeep Bishnoi’s 29,471 votes (then in Congress) in the 2019 Assembly poll, the victory has again proved that Adampur would elect only a member of the Bishnoi family irrespective of the party they contest from.
Congress leader Deepender Hooda said the reduced victory margin of the Bishnois was an indication that the Congress would form the next government in the state.
INLD’s Kurda Ram Nambardar, a Congress rebel, secured 5,248 votes while AAP’s Satender Singh got 3,420 votes. Both along with 18 lost their deposits even as NOTA polled 237 votes.
