Haryana Assembly elections: BJP fields ex-jail superintendent linked to Ram Rahim’s parole
Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced its first list of 67 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections, naming Sunil Sangwan, a former jail superintendent, as its candidate for the Charkhi Dadri constituency. Sangwan, who is the son of former Haryana minister Satpal Sangwan, served as the superintendent of Haryana’s Sunaria jail during six of the ten occasions when Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was granted parole or furlough.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2017 for the rape of two women followers. In 2021, he received a life sentence for the murder of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of his sect.
In related developments, Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and MLA Lakshman Napa resigned from the BJP on Thursday after being excluded from the candidate list. Chautala, who held the energy and jails portfolios, announced his intention to contest the elections as an independent candidate. Chautala, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, had previously won the 2019 elections as an independent and later joined the BJP. He had contested the recent Lok Sabha elections from Hisar on a BJP ticket but lost to the Congress candidate.
Meanwhile, Napa, who represents the Ratia constituency, announced his plans to join the Congress after visiting former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The BJP has fielded former Sirsa MP Sunita Duggal as its candidate for Ratia.
Additionally, former minister Karan Dev Kamboj resigned as the chief of Haryana BJP’s Other Backward Classes Morcha after being left out of the candidate list. He expressed disappointment, stating that his years of dedicated service to the party had been overlooked.
Haryana is set to go to the polls on October 5, with vote counting scheduled for October 8, coinciding with the counting in Jammu and Kashmir.
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District Janiyyatul Muallimin Vice President Ashraf Faizhi Belthangady, SKSBV District Convenor Ashraf Hanifi Karaya, Muhammadali Darimi Kukkaje, SKSSF East District Secretary Harris Kausar, District Muallimin Councilor Abdul Razak Madani Suratkal Range, Rafiq Darimi Moodabidri Range, Phaluluddin Musliar Mangalore Range, Nisar Musliar Bantwala Range, KM, Siddique Faizadi, Karajdi Range Secretary Abdul Aziz Ashshafi, Hamid Faizi Gurupura, and Belthangady Range teachers, members of the board of directors of Kajur Perdadi Ajmer Khaja Juma Mosque, village leaders participated.
