Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) Chief Dushyant Chautala and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) leader Chandra Shekhar Azad
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New Delhi: The INLD-BSP alliance as well as JJP-Asad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) alliances, which were aimed at consolidating Jats and Dalits on a single platform, came a cropper in the Haryana Assembly election as they were relegated to a corner as the votes were counted.
Except for INLD that won two seats, JJP, BSP and ASP(K) did not win a seat. There was speculation that these alliances would attract more Dalits with the presence of parties led by Mayawati and Chandrasekhar.
Both INLD and JJP had roped in two Dalit dominated parties BSP and ASP(K) to their fold in a bid to enhance their sagging fortunes in the Jat heartland.
INLD tied up with BSP while JJP chose Chandrasekhar-led ASP(K), which was looking to expand beyond Uttar Pradesh, grabbed the offer to ally with Dushyant Chautala who had severed ties with the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections.
INLD, which won just one seat last time, polled 4.14% in this election while BSP managed 1.82% votes. BSP candidate Attar Lal even came second in Ateli seat surpassing Congress, JJP and AAP though was defeated by BJP’s Arti Singh Rao, daughter of Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.
The biggest setback was for JJP, which was a breakaway faction from INLD, as it could only manage 0.9% votes. While it won ten seats to be the kingmaker in 2019, it had supported the BJP which was in need for six more seats to touch the majority mark.
This time, its topman Dushyant Chautala could not even save his deposit as in Uchana Kalan, he managed to get only 7,950 votes instead of 92,504 votes five years ago.
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