Digvijay: Hooda stopped mahagathbandhan ahead of 2019 LS polls

In the 2019 parliamentary polls, the BJP had won all ten seats from Haryana.

Digvijay Chautala — who is the general secretary of JJP — went on to add, “Bhupinder Singh Hooda claims he did not speak to anyone regarding an alliance. Hooda should clarify what conversation had taken place at UP Bhavan? If Hooda wants, we can bring those leaders who mediated and felicitated the talks. If Hooda compels us then we are ready to name names. We can also reveal the phone records of when we spoke to Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other senior leaders of the Congress.”

Digvijay also claimed that Hooda had become an obstacle in the formation of an alliance between the Congress and the JJP even after the October 2019 polls. Neither the BJP (40 seats), nor the Congress (31 seats) could secure a majority in the then Assembly polls held for the 90 seats of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Then BJP had later formed the government in alliance with JJP, which had won ten seats.

Contacted for a comment on the allegations, Hooda on Friday said, “They (the JJP) don’t have any political relevance.”