There are 17 Jat-dominated seats in central Haryana, known as the Jat heartland. These include Rohtak and the Sonipat districts and the region is known as the Jat-dominated Deswali belt in Haryana.

The BJP’s state headquarters in Haryana is located in Rohtak, a region traditionally dominated by the Congress party and the Hooda family. Bhupinder Hooda, a towering Jat figure, served as Haryana's CM from 2005 to 2014. However, the Congress lost control of Rohtak to the BJP in 2019 as Hooda’s son, Deepender Hooda failed to win the Lok Sabha polls from Rohtak by a margin of 7,500 votes. He