TANWAR WON’T GET ENTRY INTO BJP, SAYS KHATTAR

KARNAL : Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar ruled out any possibility of inducting former state Congress chief Ashok Tanwar into the BJP fold after the latter resigned from the primary membership of his party.

He slammed the Congress, saying Tanwar’s allegations of irregularities in ticket allotment have exposed the party, saying only those who have a “clean past” and “carry no baggage” will be allowed to join the BJP. “We will not give him (Tanwar) entry (into BJP),” he told reporters in Karnal.

About Tanwar’s reported remarks that the BJP had invited him, Khattar said it was completely wrong. “Had the BJP invited him (Tanwar), he would have come by now,” the CM said.

Tanwar announced his resignation on Twitter and posted a four-page resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. His resignation came days after he along with his supporters protested outside party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi’s residence in Delhi over alleged irregularities in ticket distribution.

Tanwar, who was considered close to Rahul Gandhi and had been state unit chief since 2014, was unhappy after the party last month replaced him with Kumari Selja, while his bete noire Bhupender Singh Hooda was appointed chairperson of the election management committee. He had said that the Congress in Haryana had turned into “Hooda Congress” as those who worked against the party’s interests during the last five years had been given prominence.

“Nothing works in Congress without money. The former state president (Tanwar) made such an allegation. I will say Congress has been exposed,” said Khattar.

“Many of their people are contacting us and we are saying that we will take people whose past is clean and who face no