Riding against social engineering trends, both prominent parties in agrarian Haryana -- the ruling BJP and the Congress -- in the October 21 Assembly polls have set eyes on non-Jat votes despite land-owning class, the Jats, comprising 28 per cent of the states population.
Launching a broadside against the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the opposition party to explain "its love" for Article 370 to the families of security personnel martyred in Jammu and Kashmir.
Opposition Congress and Jannayak Janta Party on Sunday dubbed the ruling BJP's poll manifesto as "jhumla patra", saying the party had failed to fulfil the promises made at the time of previous assembly polls and was now making more promises.
Aiming to retain power, the BJP on Sunday released its election manifesto for Haryana polls, promising a slew of measures, including easy loans, for farmers and SC members, free education to girls from poor families and skill training to 25 lakh youths.
Days after the announcement of the October 21 poll date, Congress veteran weighed in on the party to replace Ashok Tanwar with Kumari Selja as the new Haryana Congress President. A disgruntled Tanwar has since quit the party.
Haryana's muslim-majority assembly constituency, Punhana in Haryana's Mewat district to witness a tough battle between Congress and BJP. The Congress party has seating MLA Mohammad Iliyas, who is confident about his victory.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appeared on India TV's show Aap Ki Adalat this weekend. The 65-year-old leader got candid about his love for learning new languages, and how it got him applause in Japan. In conversation with India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, Khattar revealed he can speak in Hindi, English, Punjabi and other languages as well. Infact, he was lauded for his speeches in Japan and Russia.
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