Discontent within the party was visible when Karan Dev Kamboj, Haryana BJP's OBC Morcha president and a former minister, declined a handshake with CM Saini
While the BJP is taking a third shot at the power, hoping to cash in on its win in the Parliamentary elections leading to the formation of party led NDA government for a third consecutive term at the Centre, the principal Opposition party in the state, the Congress, is gung-ho over its vastly improved outing in the Lok Sabha polls
The 70-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader won with a comfortable margin of 2.32 lakh against Divyanshu Budhiraja, the 31-year-old state youth Congress chief, who also fought his first electoral contest
Pitted against Congress’ seasoned leader, Manish Tewari, the road was always going to be tough for Tandon, a poll debutant; of the multitude of factors that led to Tandon falling short, the anti-incumbency that built up over the 10-year reign of BJP’s Kirron Kher, who failed to address some of City Beautiful’s major issues, stands out