Expected 85 marks out of 100, got 75: Shah on LS poll result

Shah said the party will contest the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections alone under the leadership of incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and exuded confidence that the party will come back to power in the state for its third consecutive term.

Shah said they should have no doubts that the BJP will have no tie-up with any party for the state polls, which are due before October this year. The party does not need any crutches, party sources quoted Shah as having said in the meeting.

Saini, 54, an OBC leader, was made Chief Minister in March this year replacing Manohar Lal Khattar after the BJP snapped ties with the Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) of Dushyant Chautala.

The Union Home Minister said “tara, sitara” will no longer work in Haryana as he took a dig at the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Deepender Singh Hooda. “‘Sonia ka aakhon ka taara’ (Rahul Gandhi), and (Bhupinder) ‘Hooda saab ka Sitara’ (Deepender Hooda). Ab Haryana mein Tara Sitara nahin chalega;,” he said.

Party sources said Amit Shah, at the meeting, did not mention about the defeat of BJP in five out of the 10 LS seats in the state. However, according to sources, Shah, at a meeting with BJP president JP Nadda and state party leaders, observed that the party could have done better in three LS seats—Ambala, Sonipat and Hisar which the party lost to Congress.