Haryana HustleHooda tries to kill 3 birds with one stoneHaryana Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda is planning to completely sideline his opponents within the party in the current Lok Sabha elections. He has tactically proposed the name of film star Raj Babbar for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat, which is currently held by Rao Inderjit Singh of the BJP. According to sources, by proposing Babbar’s name, Hooda aims to achieve three objectives. One, deny the Gurgaon seat to his party adversary Captain Ajay Yadav. Two, take away the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh constituency from former chief minister Bansi Lal’s family. Bansi Lal’s daughter-in-law Kiran Chawdhary is an MLA from one of the assembly constituencies of Bhiwani and her daughter Shruti Chowdhary has contested from the Lok Sabha constituency in the last three elections. Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency has the second-largest Yadav population after Gurgaon. Hooda plans to give the seat to his supporter from the Yadav community, Rao Dan Singh, to compensate the Yadav community for the loss of Gurgaon. Hooda-Kiran rivalry is part of the state’s political folklore. Kiran belongs to an anti-Hooda group widely referred to as ‘SRK’, which stands for (Kumari) Selja, Randeep (Surjewala) and Kiran. Once the Bhiwani seat, considered one of the four Jat constituencies of the state (the other three being Rohtak, Sonipat and Hissar) is given to a Yadav, a Jat candidate will have to be accommodated in another constituency. This is where Hooda plans to achieve his third objective. He wants to field his relative Karan Dalal, a Jat, from the Faridabad seat. However, there is a hitch. Raj Babbar does not want to contest from Gurgaon. He is interested in fighting from Mumbai North-west constituency, which was earlier represented by actor Sunil Dutt. The Congress central leadership also does not appear inclined to force Babbar to fight from Gurgaon. As a result, the party may field Rao Dan Singh against Rao Inderjit Singh from Gurgaon and the Bansi Lal family may be able to retain Bhiwani. Hooda may find it difficult to swing even the Faridabad seat for Karan Dalal.
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