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Poverty in Haryana, youth leaving India, says BJP’s Birender Singh as he plans ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ rally
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- Sep 06, 2023
Poverty in Haryana, youth leaving India, says BJP’s Birender Singh as he plans ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ rally
How can those who don’t have votes for their own party help BJP, says Birender of ally JJP. Political analysts feel rally aimed at pressuring BJP to snap ties with Dushyant Chautala-led party.
Senior Jat leader and ex-union minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has chosen Gandhi Jayanti, celebrated on 2 October, for a rally he plans to hold in Haryana’s Jind district. Titled ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ (Listen to my voice), the rally, according to the leader, is aimed at helping the voice of the public reach the ruling dispensation.
Ahead of the rally, the 77-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member held two more public meetings Sunday — one at Kurukshetra and the second at Yamunanagar. Additionally, his wife, former MLA and BJP leader Prem Lata, addressed four more meetings in her former constituency, Uchana Kalan, the same day, while their son, Hisar MP Brijendra Singh, addressed six in Bawani Khera. The Bawani Khera assembly seat is part of BJP leader Brijendra’s parliamentary constituency.
Birendra Singh, however, maintains that the exercise is simply an attempt to dispel “confusion and disillusionment” among his supporters.
“I have been in politics for the past 50 years now, and I have people across the state who have always stood with me. I just want to give them a message through Meri Awaz Suno that if they are active and strong, political parties will automatically listen to their voice,”
He also quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying last year that India has eradicated extreme poverty from the country.
“As far as Haryana is concerned, the state never had extreme poverty, but poverty still exists. These issues add to the confusion and disillusionment of the workers,” he said in what appeared to be a veiled dig at Haryana’s Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government.The former minister’s claim on the rally is not endorsed by political analysts spoke to, who see Sunday’s meetings and the upcoming rally as attempts at displaying his clout in a crowded political space, aimed at putting pressure on the BJP leadership to drop its ally Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) — led by deputy chief minister and current Uchana MLA Dushyant Chautala — before next year’s assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
While Birender Singh wants the Hisar and Uchana Kalan Parliament and assembly seats for his son and wife in next year’s Lok Sabha and assembly elections, JJP too is eyeing both.
According to political analyst and author Arjun Singh Kadian, Birender Singh “is targeting Dushyant Chautala and his JJP”.
“It’s a show of strength, but he is likely to tread carefully,” Kadian, who has authored two books — Land of the Gods: The Story of Haryana” and Neeraj Chopra: From Panipat to Podium, told ThePrint, adding that the Jat leader could also be trying to project himself as CM face or strengthen his son’s political base.
The BJP, meanwhile, downplayed the rally, with the party’s state spokesperson Sanjay Sharma telling that there was nothing wrong with political leaders holding public meetings “so long as they toed the party line and did not say anything against the party or its leadership”.
Birendra Singh, however, maintains that the exercise is simply an attempt to dispel “confusion and disillusionment” among his supporters.
“I have been in politics for the past 50 years now, and I have people across the state who have always stood with me. I just want to give them a message through Meri Awaz Suno that if they are active and strong, political parties will automatically listen to their voice,”
He also quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying last year that India has eradicated extreme poverty from the country.
“As far as Haryana is concerned, the state never had extreme poverty, but poverty still exists. These issues add to the confusion and disillusionment of the workers,” he said in what appeared to be a veiled dig at Haryana’s Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government.
The former minister’s claim on the rally is not endorsed by political analysts spoke to, who see Sunday’s meetings and the upcoming rally as attempts at displaying his clout in a crowded political space, aimed at putting pressure on the BJP leadership to drop its ally Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) — led by deputy chief minister and current Uchana MLA Dushyant Chautala — before next year’s assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
While Birender Singh wants the Hisar and Uchana Kalan Parliament and assembly seats for his son and wife in next year’s Lok Sabha and assembly elections, JJP too is eyeing both.
According to political analyst and author Arjun Singh Kadian, Birender Singh “is targeting Dushyant Chautala and his JJP”.
“It’s a show of strength, but he is likely to tread carefully,” Kadian, who has authored two books — Land of the Gods: The Story of Haryana” and Neeraj Chopra: From Panipat to Podium, told ThePrint, adding that the Jat leader could also be trying to project himself as CM face or strengthen his son’s political base.
The BJP, meanwhile, downplayed the rally, with the party’s state spokesperson Sanjay Sharma telling that there was nothing wrong with political leaders holding public meetings “so long as they toed the party line and did not say anything against the party or its leadership”.
