Cong faces revolt in Haryana; ticket aspirant Rajesh Joon quits
announces to fight from Bahadurgarh as independent
Chandigarh, Sep 7: A day after it announced its first list of 31 candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress faced rebellion as party leader Rajesh Joon, whose candidature was ignored from Bahadurgarh, on Saturday quit the party and announced to fight as an independent.
The party has fielded sitting MLA Rajendra Singh Joon from the Bahadurgarh seat.
Rajesh was the ticket aspirant from the Bahadurgarh Assembly segment, which is in Jhajjar district.
"I will fight the election as an independent," Rajesh told reporters in Bahadurgarh.
He said that he took this decision after consulting his supporters, who asked him to contest the upcoming assembly polls.
Rajesh said that he would file his nomination papers on September 11, adding he has started his poll campaign for contesting the elections.
He said he was "cheated" as his candidature was ignored and claimed that he was "used and thrown".
Rajesh had unsuccessfully contested the Bahadurgarh Assembly segment as an independent candidate in the 2014 assembly polls. In the 2019 assembly polls, he withdrew his nomination papers in favour of Rajendra Joon.
The Congress on Friday released its first list of 31 candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.
Of the 28 sitting MLAs which the party has in the present assembly, the Congress on Friday re-nominated 27 of them while it is yet to declare its Israna seat, from where it has a legislator.
In the 2019 assembly polls, the Congress had 31 MLAs, but later on party legislator Bhavya Bishnoi had joined the BJP and is a legislator from the ruling party.
Polling in Haryana will take place on October 5 while the counting of votes for the elections to the 90-member assembly will take place on October 8.
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"Ask your CM", says Union Minister Suresh Gopi on delayed central aid to Wayanad
Alappuzha (Kerala), Sep 16: Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Monday urged the media to question Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the delay in central aid for the landslide-hit Wayanad.
When reporters sought his reaction on the matter, a visibly irritated Gopi smiled and said the CM was aware how the system works and so ask him (CM).
"You ask your Chief Minister... what is the system? I don't like this at all...You ask your CM... let him tell how it (central aid) comes," the union minister said.
Though the scribes repeatedly asked the question, the actor-turned-politician was reluctant to comment.
Major landslides hit the Mundakkai and Chooralmala regions of Wayanad on July 30, almost decimating both areas and leaving over 200 people dead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Wayanad on August 10 and offered all possible help for the rehabilitation initiatives.
