Political equations may change if Tanwar not shunted out, says Cong MLA Dahiya

ROHTAK: In what may add to the worries of the Congress high command, party MLA Jai Teerth Dahiya, who owes allegiance to the faction led by former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has threatened to go to any extent if the state MLAs demand of removing state president Ashok Tanwar from his post is not met soon.

Jai Teerth Dahiya, the Congress MLA from Rai constituency, made the statement in regards to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hooda in the Parliament. “It was not just a formal meeting. When two leaders meet, they discuss politics. In the coming days, this meeting could result in new political equations,” Dahiya said.

He said that the BJP was anyways trying to make a pitch to Jat leaders after facing a setback from the community in the state. He said all Congress MLAs would follow Hooda in any step he takes.

“The Congress MLAs of the state had met party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Kamal Nath earlier. Even Hooda ji met Rahul Gandhi. We were all assured a change of guard in Haryana Congress. But the party high command is humiliating us by not keeping its words. We hear Tanwar making statements that he is not going to be removed,” said Dahiya.

The two major factions—one led by former CM Hooda and the other by state president Tanwar—had even violently clashed with each other last year in Delhi. Hooda, who enjoys the support of 13 out of 17 Congress MLAs in Haryana, has upped the ante to remove Tanwar since then. However, the former CM never admits publically about the bickering with Tanwar. When asked, Hooda refuted his MLA’s claim saying, “It was an accidental meeting and has no political meaning.”