With the BJP choosing not to contest from Sirsa, the seat had become a direct contest between the Congress and Gopal Kanda's HLP, which had been supporting the NDA in Haryana for the last five years.
Sirsa Assembly Election 2024: Haryana Lokhit Party's Gopal Kanda won the Sirsa constituency in 2019 by defeating Independent candidate Gokul Setia with a margin of 602 votes.
Geetika, a former air hostess, who was earlier employed with Kanda's MDLR airlines, was found dead on August 5, 2012 at her Ashok Vihar residence in North West Delhi.
BJP will not take the support of Haryana Lokhit Party legislator Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician who faces two abetment-to-suicide cases, for forming the government in Haryana, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said
Senior AAP senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said,"In a state where 'Beti bachao beti padhao (BBBP) andolan' was launched, the BJP is seeking support from a rape accused." Singh said if the BJP does not give an explanation, then his party will hold protests and "knock every door and tell people in Delhi how their mothers and daughters are unsafe" under the BJP rule.
In the post-poll scenario, Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda has emerged as the kingmaker in Haryana. Gopal Kanda has extended a helping hand to Manohar Lal Khattar's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is six MLAs short of the number needed to form the next government in Haryana. The state has thrown a hung assembly in the polls held on October 21. What poses a challenge for BJP in Kanda's support is the controversy attached to his name. Know who is Gopal Kanda, and what is the case against him:
With six MLAs short of the number needed to form the next government, the BJP Friday was promised “unconditional support” by Haryana Lokhit Party leader Gopal Kanda, a controversial politician accused in a case of abetment to suicide.
A city court on Friday issued summons to the Delhi Home Secretary and then Additional DCP, Crime Branch, Rajiv Ranjan in the case against former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda for abetting the suicide of an air hostess employed with his aviation company in 2012.
Chandigarh: Two persons were today injured in firing during a clash between two groups in Modia Khera village in Sirsa district, police said.One person sustained serious injuries and has been rushed to a hospital, Sirsa
New Delhi: The demand for Aam Aadmi Party to contest upcoming Assembly polls in Haryana again came to the fore today when some of its volunteers questioned the party leadership's decision in the matter, asking
Hisar: Chief of Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) and former state Home minister Gopal Kanda today accused Congress government is the state of spreading regionalism, casteism and nepotism.“Regionalism, casteism and nepotism is rampant in Haryana and
New Delhi: City police today in Delhi High Court opposed the bail granted to former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case saying it had "seriously" prejudiced the trial.
Chandigarh: Former Union Minister and sitting Congress MLA from Ambala City, Venod Sharma, who was recently expelled by the party, today resigned as member of the assembly.His resignation has been accepted by the Speaker, official
New Delhi: A court here Tuesday granted bail to former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of a former air hostess.Additional Sessions Judge Yashwant Kumar allowed the bail application.Requesting the court
New Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda was today granted interim bail by a Delhi court in air hostess Geetika suicide case. Kanda has been granted interim bail by Additional Sessions Judge M C Gupta
New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, an accused in a former airhostess suicide case, today sought interim bail from a Delhi court contending that he would attend state assembly session and discharge his obligation
New Delhi, Jul 25: In a relief to MDLR airlines employee Aruna Chadha, the Delhi High Court today not only quashed the charges of abetment of rape and unnatural sex against her but also held
New Delhi, May 11: The Delhi Police got flak from a court here for its "tainted and stinking" probe in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case in which the investigation into the aspect of
New Delhi, May 10: A Delhi court today ordered framing of charges against former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda and Aruna Chadha in air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.The court said, prima facie charges of rape,
New Delhi, March 23: The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain the bail plea of Haryana lawmaker Gopal Goyal Kanda currently in judicial custody for allegedly abetting the suicide by air hostess Geetika Sharma and
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