NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has dominated out any talks with the BSP for a tie-up in Haryana elections next yr, announcing that the state he helmed for 10 years needed no ‘social engineering wonder’.
“In isolation, if you're taking Haryana, then we are not looking for any alliance. The Congress is self-sufficient to win polls within the state. The cadre in Haryana can galvanise itself on the expense of the BJP,” Hooda instructed TOI ahead of the fourth phase of his Janata Kranti Yatra that begins on July 22.
The two-time Haryana CM now not simplest downplayed the will for any alliance, he additionally ridiculed the talks between the BSP and the INLD for a imaginable pre-poll tie-up.
“The BSP did that during Karnataka and even in Punjab. These are survival techniques for any regional celebration when it steps out of a state. As far because the BSP’s alliance with the INLD is anxious, it is not a new construction. There was once a equivalent alliance earlier and it broke. It is going to fulfill the same fate again. Ideologically, they are poles aside,” he said.
However, he prompt transparent of any comment in regards to the likelihood of his celebration becoming a member of arms with Mayawati’s BSP on the national level. “As far as national-level alliance for the Lok Sabha polls is anxious, I will depart it to the Congress prime command,” he said.
Hooda said though he had by no means stood for any caste-based politics, including wooing even his personal community, Jats were disadvantaged of a big chief of their very own and Kairana bypoll victory was once a result of that.
“Jats are looking at a deferential chief to constitute them in Rajasthan, western UP, Haryana and Delhi too. They are devoid of that. Jats had been so worried that they voted for a Muslim candidate in Kairana en masse. This although their family members with the community had soured throughout the new communal violence (in western UP). Now, they have realised they needed to come in combination to defeat the BJP,” said Hooda.
He additionally laughed off the ‘bonhomie’ between him and PM Narendra Modi, who has, on some occasions, long past out of his strategy to meet him within the Central Hall of Parliament. “Look, it started like this. At chief ministers’ meetings between 2004 and 2014, as Gujarat and Haryana CMs, we used to take a seat next to each other because of alphabetical placement. So, we advanced a natural bonding. There is not anything kinder or harsher between us. But he and his executive were vindictive on me in CBI probes. I've not anything non-public towards him,” he said.
Hooda additionally said that he disagreed with Modi's jibes at ‘dynastic politics’ within the SP, Congress and the JD(S). “In their very own celebration, they have a number of men and women within the Union cupboard and MPs who've taken mantle from their fathers. Take the case of Jayant Sinha or Poonam Mahajan. My father was once a politico and simplest I amongst 5 brothers joined politics… My son Deepender was once praised by way of the PM and awarded by way of the Lok Sabha Speaker on advantage. Similarly, Akhilesh is a capable chief and taken infra tasks to UP. They are humble scions,” he said.
“In isolation, if you're taking Haryana, then we are not looking for any alliance. The Congress is self-sufficient to win polls within the state. The cadre in Haryana can galvanise itself on the expense of the BJP,” Hooda instructed TOI ahead of the fourth phase of his Janata Kranti Yatra that begins on July 22.
The two-time Haryana CM now not simplest downplayed the will for any alliance, he additionally ridiculed the talks between the BSP and the INLD for a imaginable pre-poll tie-up.
“The BSP did that during Karnataka and even in Punjab. These are survival techniques for any regional celebration when it steps out of a state. As far because the BSP’s alliance with the INLD is anxious, it is not a new construction. There was once a equivalent alliance earlier and it broke. It is going to fulfill the same fate again. Ideologically, they are poles aside,” he said.
However, he prompt transparent of any comment in regards to the likelihood of his celebration becoming a member of arms with Mayawati’s BSP on the national level. “As far as national-level alliance for the Lok Sabha polls is anxious, I will depart it to the Congress prime command,” he said.
Hooda said though he had by no means stood for any caste-based politics, including wooing even his personal community, Jats were disadvantaged of a big chief of their very own and Kairana bypoll victory was once a result of that.
“Jats are looking at a deferential chief to constitute them in Rajasthan, western UP, Haryana and Delhi too. They are devoid of that. Jats had been so worried that they voted for a Muslim candidate in Kairana en masse. This although their family members with the community had soured throughout the new communal violence (in western UP). Now, they have realised they needed to come in combination to defeat the BJP,” said Hooda.
He additionally laughed off the ‘bonhomie’ between him and PM Narendra Modi, who has, on some occasions, long past out of his strategy to meet him within the Central Hall of Parliament. “Look, it started like this. At chief ministers’ meetings between 2004 and 2014, as Gujarat and Haryana CMs, we used to take a seat next to each other because of alphabetical placement. So, we advanced a natural bonding. There is not anything kinder or harsher between us. But he and his executive were vindictive on me in CBI probes. I've not anything non-public towards him,” he said.
Hooda additionally said that he disagreed with Modi's jibes at ‘dynastic politics’ within the SP, Congress and the JD(S). “In their very own celebration, they have a number of men and women within the Union cupboard and MPs who've taken mantle from their fathers. Take the case of Jayant Sinha or Poonam Mahajan. My father was once a politico and simplest I amongst 5 brothers joined politics… My son Deepender was once praised by way of the PM and awarded by way of the Lok Sabha Speaker on advantage. Similarly, Akhilesh is a capable chief and taken infra tasks to UP. They are humble scions,” he said.
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