With cracks widening in the HJC-BJP alliance ahead of the Assembly polls in the state, Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) today lashed out at the saffron party for "betraying" it.
"Betrayal is in the nature of BJP," HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi said, addressing a gathering at Ananj Mandi at Loharu in Bhiwani district today, and claimed that he had been serving and cooperating with the BJP from the "core of his heart for the last three years".
"I seek justice from you (the people of Haryana) for the betrayal with me (by the BJP)," he told the people.
BJP leaders in Haryana have said that the party is in a position to contest all the 90 seats on its own and accused Bishnoi of trying to "break the ties".
The alliance between BJP, which is eyeing to wrest the power from the ruling Congress, and HJC has seen rifts since the Lok Sabha polls, as HJC failed to win the two seats it contested while BJP bagged seven constituencies.
Currently the ties between the partners are under strain due to differences on seat-sharing for the Assembly polls, with Bishnoi seeking 45 of the 90 seats and that he be declared the Chief Ministerial candidate of the alliance, both of which the BJP is opposing.
Bishnoi, younger son of former chief minister late Bhajan Lal, tore into the BJP's claim of having many deserving candidates for the post of Chief Minister, saying many of them have lost successive elections.
"Most of these candidates (who claim to be future Chief Minister) have even forgotten when they last contested the polls," he said without naming anyone.
