Though Bhajan Lal first stood in a basic election in 1989, there was a niche earlier than he and his household began their streak of collaborating in all parliamentary polls from 1998 onwards. Equally, although Bansi Lal fought the LS polls in 1977, 1984 and 1989, there was a niche earlier than his household’s unbroken run of contesting all LS polls started in 1996.
However this time, regardless of the claims of Bhajan Lal’s youthful son, Kuldeep Bishnoi, the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) named Ranjit Singh Chautala — Devi Lal’s third son — as its candidate from Hisar final month. In the meantime, the Congress most well-liked three-time MP Jai Prakash in Hisar over Bishnoi’s elder brother, Chander Mohan.
The Congress, in its listing of candidates introduced Thursday, equally introduced Rao Dan Singh as its Bhiwani-Mahendergarh candidate somewhat than Shruti Choudhry, granddaughter of Bansi Lal.
In distinction, along with Ranjit Singh, two different members of Devi Lal’s household are contesting the Hisar seat. Om Prakash Chautala, Partap Singh, and Jagdish Singh are the previous deputy PM’s different sons. In Hisar, Om Prakash Chautala’s daughter-in-law, Naina Chautala (Ajay Chautala’s spouse) is the Jannayak Janta Get together (JJP) candidate. Partap Singh’s daughter-in-law, Sunaina Chautala (Ravi Chautala’s spouse), is the Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD) candidate.
One other member of Devi Lal’s household, Om Prakash Chautala’s youthful son, Abhay Chautala, is contesting as an INLD candidate in Kurukshetra in opposition to Naveen Jindal of the BJP and Sushil Gupta of the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP).
Chatting with ThePrint in regards to the Lals lacking from this election, Pawan Kumar Bansal, the creator of Haryana Ke Lalon Ke Sabrange Kisse (1998), a set of anecdotes in regards to the three Lals and their ‘lals (progeny)’, mentioned that every one the Lal dynasties have such a agency grip over Haryana politics that their finish can’t be anticipated so quickly.
“Wait for six months, and you will find several members of the families of the three Lals contesting the assembly polls. Even in the Lok Sabha polls, members of families of Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal might be seen contesting again, maybe in the next one,” mentioned Bansal.
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Bhajan Lal’s household
Bhajan Lal, who began his profession in electoral politics in 1968 by contesting the Vidhan Sabha elections from Adampur — a seat his household has not misplaced since then — fought his first parliamentary election from Faridabad in 1989 as a Congress candidate and defeated Khursheed Ahmad of the Janata Dal by over 1.31 lakh votes.
He didn’t contest within the 1991 and 1996 Lok Sabha elections however efficiently fought from the Karnal Lok Sabha seat in 1998 and defeated I.D. Swami of the BJP by a margin of 52,000 votes.
Nevertheless, he misplaced the following election from Karnal in 1999 to I.D. Swami by 1.48 lakh votes.
Within the 2004 LS polls, Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi, as a Congress candidate, defeated Bansi Lal’s son Surender Singh of the Haryana Vikas Get together in Bhiwani by a margin of over 24,000 votes. Devi Lal’s grandson Ajay Chautala got here third.
In 2007, Bhajan Lal based the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) and gained the Hisar seat as his celebration’s candidate within the 2009 Lok Sabha polls by defeating Sampat Singh of the INLD by practically 7,000 votes.
Bhajan Lal died in 2011. The 2014 Lok Sabha election noticed his son Kuldeep Bishnoi, because the HJC candidate, shedding to Dushyant Chautala of the INLD in Hisar by a margin of practically 32,000 votes.
Then, in 2019, Bhavya Bishnoi, Kuldeep’s son, secured the third place within the Hisar contest. It was the BJP’s Brijendra Singh who gained the seat, defeating Chautala — now a JJP candidate — by a margin of over three lakh votes.
The household now aligns with the BJP.
Reign of Bansi Lal’s household in LS polls ended with Modi wave
Bansi Lal contested his first election on a Congress ticket from Bhiwani in 1977 after the Emergency however misplaced to Chandrawati of the Bharatiya Lok Dal by a margin of 1.62 lakh votes.
From the identical seat, Bansi Lal, as Congress candidate, defeated Balwant Rai Tayal of the Janata Get together within the 1980 elections by a margin of fifty,000 votes. In 1984, Bansi Lal defeated Jai Narain of the Indian Nationwide Congress (Jagjivan) in Bhiwani by a margin of 1.87 lakh votes. In 1989, he defeated Dharambir Singh of the Janata Dal in Bhiwani by over 1.57 lakh votes.
In 1991, no member of Bansi Lal’s household contested the parliamentary polls. Bansi Lal had arrange his Haryana Vikas Get together (HVP) by then and contested the meeting polls in his quest to come back to energy whereas his son Surender Singh was already a Rajya Sabha member (1986-1992).
Jangbir Singh, who contested from Bhiwani on an HVP ticket, defeated Jai Narain, now a Congress candidate, by over 30,000 votes. Then in 1996, Bansi Lal’s son Surender Singh (HVP) defeated Jangbir Singh, this time a Congress candidate, in Bhiwani by a margin of two.25 lakh votes.
In 1998 once more, Surender Singh (HVP) defeated Ajay Singh Chautala of the Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) in Bhiwani by practically 10,000 votes. Bansi Lal’s elder son, Ranbir Singh Mahender, contested this election on the Congress ticket and completed third.
In 1999, Surender Singh (HVP) misplaced the Bhiwani seat to Ajay Chautala of the INLD with Dharambir Singh (Congress) coming within the second spot.
Then in 2004, Surender Singh (HVP) got here second to Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Bhiwani Lok Sabha seat.
Surender Singh died in a chopper crash in 2005 and his daughter Shruti Choudhry was handed over the baton to contest the Lok Sabha polls in future, together with her grandfather Bansi Lal tying a turban on her head.
Bansi Lal died in 2006. Within the 2009 basic election, Shruti Choudhry, as Congress candidate, gained the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seat, which earlier than the delimitation train of 2007-08 was the Bhiwani seat, by defeating Ajay Chautala of the INLD by a margin of over 55,000 votes.
She, nonetheless, misplaced the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary polls to Dharambir Singh of the BJP by margins of 1.29 lakh and 4.44 lakh votes, respectively.
The Congress has dropped her this time.
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Devi Lal household—Totally different flags however nonetheless combating LS polls
Devi Lal contested his first parliamentary election from the Sonepat seat in 1980 when as a Janata Get together (Secular) candidate he defeated Randhir Singh of the Congress by over 1.5 lakh votes. Nevertheless, he misplaced this seat to Dharam Pal Singh of the Congress in 1984 by lower than 4,000 votes. In the meantime, his son, Om Prakash Chautala, misplaced the 1984 Lok Sabha elections from Hisar.
Devi Lal (Janata Dal) contested his subsequent election efficiently from Rohtak, defeating Hardwari Lal of the Congress in 1989 by 1.9 lakh votes. In 1989, Devi Lal contested from three seats — Rohtak, Sikar (Rajasthan), and Ferozepur (Punjab) and gained the primary two. He finally retained Sikar.
In 1991, 1996 and 1998, Devi Lal was defeated from Rohtak by Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress. His grandson, Ajay Singh Chautala, contested from Bhiwani in 1998, however he too misplaced.
Ajay Chautala gained the Bhiwani seat in 1999 however misplaced the seat to Kuldeep Bishnoi in 2004. In 2009, Ajay Chautala misplaced once more, this time to Shruti Choudhry of the Congress.
Ajay Chautala’s son, Dushyant Chautala, gained the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in 2014 by defeating Kuldeep Bishnoi, then an HJC candidate, however then misplaced this seat to Brijendra Singh in 2019.
This election, Dushyant’s mom, together with two different members of the Devi Lal household, is within the subject from Hisar whereas her brother-in-law Abhay Singh Chautala is contesting from Kurukshetra.
(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)
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