BJP will not take Gopal Kanda's support in Haryana: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The BJP will not take the support of Haryana Lokhit Party legislator Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician who faces two abetment-to-suicide cases, for forming the government in Haryana, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Saturday.

"I want to clarify one thing that the BJP is not going to take the support of Kanda," he told reporters here.

Kanda had, on Friday, said he had decided to extend his unconditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The BJP came under attack from the Congress after Kanda extended his support to the saffron party.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the BJP of doublespeak.

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