BJP picks Dhankar as Haryana chief to woo Jats
Capt Abhimanyu, Barala and Dhankar, all Jat leaders, were not considered for RS seat, causing anger
Senior BJP leader Om Prakash Dhankar, who was Agriculture Minister in the ML Khattar government in 2014-2019, was today appointed BJP Haryana unit chief. A Jat, he replaces Subhash Barala, who too is from the community. BJP’s Jat leaders, including Dhankar and Barala, had lost their seats in the 2019 polls.
Barala’s term had finished a year ago. Dhankar’s arrangement is being seen as an endeavor by the saffron gathering to extend its own Jat chief as compelling as Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, who heads the JJP.
Additionally, keeping harmony among Jats and non-Jats with the CM from one station and the gathering president from different has been training in Haryana legislative issues for long. Fundamentally, not just Dhankar originates from Haryana’s Jat heartland, the fortress of previous CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, yet has likewise filled in as national leader of BJP’s Kisan Morcha. With his arrangement, the BJP plans to make advances into the Jat vote bank.
The arrangement comes when the BJP is getting ready for the byelection to the Baroda Assembly seat, a piece of the Jat heartland, which fell empty after the demise of Congress MLA Shri Krishan Hooda.
“My heartiest congrats to OP Dhankar,” tweeted CM Khattar, depicting him as a committed gathering specialist whose tremendous political experience would help further fortify the state unit. Dhankar has additionally filled in as the national secretary of the BJP and as responsible for the gathering’s HP undertakings. Addressing The Tribune, he expressed gratitude toward the gathering of central leadership for resting confidence in him.
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