While the current trajectory of vote-counting for Haryana elections 2024 spells unexpected heartbreak for the Congress, the biggest setback in terms of sheer numbers has come for Dushyant Singh Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), which doesn’t seem to be winning a single seat in the state Assembly.
Despite striking an alliance with Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party (ASP), the JJP has not been able to lead or win a single seat in Haryana so far, going by the latest trends. Dushyant Chautala himself was trailing behind Congress candidate Brijendra Singh and BJP’s Devender Chatar Bhuj Attri, as well as some Independents, from the Uchana Kalan assembly seat as late as 4:30pm.
Dushyant Chautala, former deputy chief minister and the great-grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, had left the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) following differences with his uncle Abhay Chautala. He subsequntly formed the JJP.
In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, the JJP won 10 seats and formed an alliance with the BJP, with Dushyant Chautala bagging the post of deputy chief minister. However, before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the JJP withdrew its support. However, there were reports that several of his party MLAs continued to support the BJP.
Ahead of the 2024 Assembly elections, Dushyant Chautala formed an alliance with Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party in an apparent bid to attract Dalit voters.
As per the seat-sharing agreement, out of the total 90 Assembly seats in Haryana, the JJP contested on 70 seats, while the Azad Samaj Party fielded candidates in the remaining 20.
The current trend indicates that the coalition has not yet made any impact among voters in Haryana and has not gained any lead on even a single seat. The trend suggests that the Chautala-Azad partnership has not been able to woo the Dalit voters nor has the JJP chief managed to bag much of the Jat votes in the state.
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