A day after results threw up a hung assembly in Haryana, Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda said that every Independent will support Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
Haryana Lokhit Party's Gopal Kanda,candidate from Sirsa assembly seat, told news agency ANI that, "all independent candidates have extended their unconditional support to BJP. My father was associated with RSS since 1926, fought 1st general elections of the country after independence on Jansangh ticket."
Both the BJP and the Congress are making hectic efforts to woo the Independents -- some are already in the national capital -- and the smaller parties in a bid to shore up their numbers, sources in the parties said. In an important development, Haryana Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda, who has won the Sirsa seat, Friday claimed he and other Independents have "decided to extend unconditional support to the BJP".
"My family is connected with RSS since 1926. My father was connected with the BJP," said Kanda. The ruling BJP emerged the largest party with 40 seats, six short of the halfway mark needed to form the next government, while the Congress bagged 31 seats. With no real clear winner, the seven Independents and the Jannayak Janta Party with 10 seats hold the key to power in the state. The Indian National Lok Dal and Haryana Lokhit Party bagged one seat each.
