If we see his luck, then he is going in a bad situation, keeping this in mind, perhaps Kuldeep Bishnoi had no option but to leave the Congress and join the BJP.
Kuldeep Bishnoi, the Congress-elected MLA from Adampur, joined the BJP on August 4 in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at the BJP’s party headquarters in New Delhi. He had resigned from the post of MLA from Adampur constituency of Haryana a day earlier and joined the BJP the very next day.
Kuldeep Bishnoi is the son of Bhajan Lal, the longest serving Chief Minister of Haryana.
Bishnoi was expelled from the Congress after he was accused of cross-voting in the recently held Rajya Sabha elections, leading to the defeat of the party’s candidate Ajay Maken.
Over the past few weeks, he has met top BJP leaders such as Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda, so that his joining the party comes as no surprise.
His statement came soon after joining the BJP, advising the Congress to do something different, saying the party had deviated from the ideals of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. There is a need to go back to these ideals to defeat the BJP.
Impact on Haryana politics
Without a question, this is a boost for the BJP and a setback for the Congress. However, the extent to which it would alter the state’s political dynamics is constrained.
In fact, Kuldeep Bishnoi has no significant mass base beyond Adampur. The fact that he could not win the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 even with the BJP’s support in the midst of a BJP wave, even in Hisar, his main area of ​​influence, shows the extent of his popularity.
With his departure, Hooda’s hold in the Congress is likely to be strengthened.
The BJP will also expect him to help the Bishnoi community win the support of the Bishnoi community in next year’s assembly elections in Rajasthan, though it is not clear how much Kuldeep Bishnoi has in his community outside Haryana.
Impact on Hisar Politics
This seat is currently occupied by BJP’s Brijendra Singh. It was won by Dushyant Chautala (then in INLD) in 2014. In 2009, Bhajan Lal had won the seat on HJC ticket and Kuldeep Bishnoi had won the by-election in 2011 after Bhajan Lal’s death.
