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We want Selja to contest the assembly election: Birender Singh

All India Congress committee (AICC) general secretary Randeep Surjewala and former Union minister Birender Singh asked the party workers to ensure maximum victory of Congress candidates from Jind, Hisar, Kaithal, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Birender Singh said that they will urge Kumari Selja to contest the assembly polls due later this year and form the Congress party’s government in Haryana. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2024 06:58 AM IST

BySunil Rahar, Rohtak

Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress

Birender Singh, grandson of peasantry leader Chhotu Ram, had left the Congress ahead of the 2014 general elections and joined the BJP

Former Union minister Birender Singh with Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik and Bhupinder Hooda as he joins Congress, at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2024 07:26 AM IST

ByHTC/PTI, Chandigarh

Haryana politics: Back in Congress, Birender calls it return of ideology

Former Union minister Birender Singh, wife and ex-MLA Prem Lata welcomed back into Congress month after son Brijendra jumped ship

Former Union minister Birender Singh, who quit the BJP on Monday, being welcomed into the Congress at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2024 04:22 PM IST

ByAsian News International

Haryana: Finally Birender Singh quits BJP, to join Congress on Tuesday

The veteran Jat leader who joined the BJP in 2014 is set to join the Congress again on Tuesday in Delhi along with his wife Prem Lata, who was an MLA of the BJP from the Uchana assembly segment from 2014-19

Birender Singh said he had sent his resignation to BJP national president JP Nadda (HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Haryana: Former Union minister Birender Singh quits BJP, to join Congress tomorrow

The move comes a month after his son, Brijender Singh, joined the Congress. Birender’s wife and former BJP MLA from Haryana, Prem Lata, also quit the saffron party

The announcement of former Union minister Birender Singh (right) quitting the BJP comes almost a month after his son, Brijender Singh (left), joined the Congress. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 08, 2024 04:20 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

Former union minister Birender Singh quits BJP, to join Congress tomorrow

Birender Singh's wife and former BJP MLA from Haryana Prem Lata also quit the BJP.

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Published on Apr 08, 2024 04:20 PM IST

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Hisar MP Brijendra’s exit from BJP was on cards

His decision to join the Congress lacked the element of surprise and stealth. But Brijendra walked out of the BJP before the party could officially dump him by denying the ticket from Hisar, the seat which he had won by trouncing Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) nominee Dushyant Chautala (now deputy chief minister in BJP-led Haryana government) by over three lakh votes.

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Updated on Mar 11, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByPawan Sharma, Sunil Rahar, Chandigarh

Hisar BJP MP Brijendra Singh joins Congress, reveals reason for switch

Who is Brijendra Singh, ex-IAS officer, Haryana BJP MP who joined Congress?

Brijendra Singh joined the Congress in the presence of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Updated on Mar 10, 2024 01:13 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

No chance of alliance with JJP in upcoming LS polls, says BJP leader Birender Singh

Interacting with reporters in Jind on the sidelines of a convocation ceremony at a college Birender Singh said that the BJP will field ten candidates on its symbol in Haryana and if JJP leaders want to stay with BJP without contesting the poll, they are free to do so

On being asked about JJP general secretary Digvijay Singh Chautala’s claim that JJP will pitch its candidate from Hisar constituency as part of the National Democratic Alliance, former Union minister Birender Singh dismissed the claims. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 07, 2024 08:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Snap ties with JJP, Birender Singh advises Haryana BJP chief Nayab Singh Saini

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former union minister Birender Singh said Manohar Lal can become CM for the third time if the BJP goes solo in assembly polls

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Updated on Nov 05, 2023 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Will quit if BJP-JJP alliance continues in 2024: Senior BJP leader Birender

Senior BJP leader Birender Singh lashed out at Haryana deputy chief minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and criticised various policies of the BJP government, including PM -Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme

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Published on Oct 02, 2023 07:50 PM IST

BySunil Rahar, Rohtak

Birender Singh, Ajay Chautala feud over Uchana seat again

Birender had recently claimed that he will pitch 30 candidates in the next assembly polls and later decide whether his supporters will contest on party symbol or as independents.

Ajay’s elder son Dushyant Chautala had defeated Birender’s wife Prem Lata during the 2019 assembly elections, avenging his loss to her in the 2014 polls. (HT File)

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Updated on Sep 05, 2023 02:17 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Ex-governor Satyapal Malik ‘instigating’ people of Haryana: Balyan

Union minister of state for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying Sanjeev Balyan on Friday listed the achievements of the BJP-led dispensation in the last nine years.

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Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana on firm footing: Dhankar

“The BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana has been performing very well...right now the BJP-JJP alliance is on a firm footing...there is a system in place in the BJP and every decision is taken at an appropriate time,” Dhankar said in a news conference here while responding to a question.

Applying brakes over a section of senior Haryana BJP leaders’ prickly proposals to snap ties with the JJP and contest the Lok Sabha and assembly polls solo next year, Haryana BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar on Monday patted the BJP-JJP government for “performing well” and said the coalition is on a firm footing. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 04, 2023 01:23 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Birender can’t take a call on BJP-JJP alliance: Ajay Chautala

Interacting with media in Sirsa, Ajay Chautala said BJP and JJP are running a good coalition government in Haryana and the decision to continue or snap coalition will be decided by the top leadership of both parties.

Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) chief Ajay Singh Chautala on Sunday hit out at former union steel minister Birender Singh over the latter’s advice to BJP leadership to snap ties with JJP and contest the next assembly and parliamentary polls solo. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2023 01:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Tug-of-war for Uchana assembly: Eye on polls, Birender Singh family, Chautalas train guns

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union minister Birender Singh, and his son and Hisar MP Brijendra Singh are openly challenging Jannayak Janya Party (JJP) leader and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, who currently represents the Uchana assembly seat. This even as the BJP is in alliance with the JJP in the state.

Former Union minister Birender Singh took potshots at Jannayak Janya Party (JJP) leader and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala over development in Uchana assembly. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2023 02:15 AM IST

BySunil Rahar, Rohtak

BJP leader and ex-Union minister Birender Singh extends support to farmers’ agitation

Birender Singh is grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, a prominent politician during the pre-independence era who championed the interest of farmers. Singh, whose son Brijendra is a sitting BJP MP, said it was his moral responsibility to stand with the farmers.

Farmers from different parts of the country, including Haryana and Punjab, have been camping at various border points of Delhi for three weeks to demand a repeal of the farm laws(Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Dec 19, 2020 02:32 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri

Dushyant Chautala alleges ‘bogus voting’ at Uchana Kalan village

Dushyant (31), a former MP from Hisar, is in the fray from Uchana Kalan against sitting BJP MLA Prem Lata

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Published on Oct 22, 2019 12:03 AM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

In Haryana’s Uchana Kalan, a charged dynastic slugfest

Dominated by Jat community, Uchana Kalan is located close to the Jind Rohtak national highway. It comprises Uchana Kalan town and 65 villages in Jind district and is a part of Hisar Lok Sabha seat.

For sitting Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Prem Lata and Jannayak Janta Party’s (JJP) Dushyant Chautala, contesting for the seat for the second time, the battle could not have been stiffer and the stakes, higher.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2019 01:02 AM IST

Uchana Kalan (Jind) | ByRajesh Moudgil

Haryana Assembly Polls: Prem Lata, Uchana Kalan MLA

A first-time MLA, Prem Lata’s entry to the electoral arena was the outcome of a change in the poll dynamics in Haryana.

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Updated on Sep 16, 2019 10:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019: From Jat quota stir to electoral politics

All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) state spokesperson Rambhagat Malik said Koth shared stage with senior Jat leaders during 2010 protests for reservation for the community.

Koth, a resident of Koth Kalan village, completed his BA degree from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, in 2018.(HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 27, 2019 11:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, HISAR | ByBhaskar Mukherjee

In Haryana, parties turn into family fiefdoms

Leading the pack is the Congress, followed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its off-shoot, the newly floated Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).

In the world’s largest democracy, dynastic politics is a dominant theme, and the Jatland is no exception. Political parties have once again lined up members of prominent political clans of Haryana for the May 12 Lok Sabha polls.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 24, 2019 02:20 AM IST

Chandigarh | ByPawan Sharma

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Jatland, dynastic politics rules the roost

Leading the pack is the Congress, followed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its off-shoot the newly floated Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).

Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha seats and six Congress candidates hail from different political clans.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2019 03:34 AM IST

Hindustan Times, CHANDIGARH | ByPawan Sharma

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP bets on Union minister Birender Singh’s IAS son in Hisar

BJP’s Hisar candidate Brijendra Singh is an IAS officer who has sought voluntary retirement from service and has already submitted his papers to the Haryana chief secretary.

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Updated on Apr 15, 2019 12:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Union minister Birender Singh offers to resign from Cabinet, Rajya Sabha after son gets BJP ticket

The senior leader said he has informed the BJP president Amit Shah about his resignation offer, with which he wants to send across a message of anti-dynastic politics as his son has got the Lok Sabha ticket.

The announcement, made by the minister during a press conference at his official residence in New Delhi, followed selection of his son Brijendra Singh’s name as the BJP candidate from Hisar in Haryana.(Twitter/ Brijendra Singh)

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Updated on Apr 14, 2019 04:36 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Union minister Birender Singh says he won’t contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls

A Rajya Sabha MP, Union minister and BJP leader Birender Singh does not want to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He says he wants to work to strengthen the party.

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Updated on Mar 07, 2019 02:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Gaganshakti 2018: IAF displays might, air chief says ‘we’re shaking the heavens’

The Gaganshakti-2018 exercise seeks to test the IAF’s readiness and stamina for a two-front war with China and Pakistan.

A Sukhoi 30 re-fuels mid-air during the Indian Air Force exercise.(Picture courtesy: Indian Air Force)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2018 10:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRahul Singh, New Delhi

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All India Congress committee (AICC) general secretary Randeep Surjewala and former Union minister Birender Singh asked the party workers to ensure maximum victory of Congress candidates from Jind, Hisar, Kaithal, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts

Birender Singh, grandson of peasantry leader Chhotu Ram, had left the Congress ahead of the 2014 general elections and joined the BJP

Former Union minister Birender Singh, wife and ex-MLA Prem Lata welcomed back into Congress month after son Brijendra jumped ship

The veteran Jat leader who joined the BJP in 2014 is set to join the Congress again on Tuesday in Delhi along with his wife Prem Lata, who was an MLA of the BJP from the Uchana assembly segment from 2014-19

The move comes a month after his son, Brijender Singh, joined the Congress. Birender’s wife and former BJP MLA from Haryana, Prem Lata, also quit the saffron party

Birender Singh's wife and former BJP MLA from Haryana Prem Lata also quit the BJP.

Who is Brijendra Singh, ex-IAS officer, Haryana BJP MP who joined Congress?

Interacting with reporters in Jind on the sidelines of a convocation ceremony at a college Birender Singh said that the BJP will field ten candidates on its symbol in Haryana and if JJP leaders want to stay with BJP without contesting the poll, they are free to do so

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former union minister Birender Singh said Manohar Lal can become CM for the third time if the BJP goes solo in assembly polls

Senior BJP leader Birender Singh lashed out at Haryana deputy chief minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and criticised various policies of the BJP government, including PM -Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme

Birender had recently claimed that he will pitch 30 candidates in the next assembly polls and later decide whether his supporters will contest on party symbol or as independents.

Union minister of state for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying Sanjeev Balyan on Friday listed the achievements of the BJP-led dispensation in the last nine years.

“The BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana has been performing very well...right now the BJP-JJP alliance is on a firm footing...there is a system in place in the BJP and every decision is taken at an appropriate time,” Dhankar said in a news conference here while responding to a question.

Interacting with media in Sirsa, Ajay Chautala said BJP and JJP are running a good coalition government in Haryana and the decision to continue or snap coalition will be decided by the top leadership of both parties.

Birender Singh is grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, a prominent politician during the pre-independence era who championed the interest of farmers. Singh, whose son Brijendra is a sitting BJP MP, said it was his moral responsibility to stand with the farmers.

Dushyant (31), a former MP from Hisar, is in the fray from Uchana Kalan against sitting BJP MLA Prem Lata

Dominated by Jat community, Uchana Kalan is located close to the Jind Rohtak national highway. It comprises Uchana Kalan town and 65 villages in Jind district and is a part of Hisar Lok Sabha seat.

A first-time MLA, Prem Lata’s entry to the electoral arena was the outcome of a change in the poll dynamics in Haryana.

All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) state spokesperson Rambhagat Malik said Koth shared stage with senior Jat leaders during 2010 protests for reservation for the community.

Leading the pack is the Congress, followed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its off-shoot, the newly floated Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).

Leading the pack is the Congress, followed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its off-shoot the newly floated Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).

BJP’s Hisar candidate Brijendra Singh is an IAS officer who has sought voluntary retirement from service and has already submitted his papers to the Haryana chief secretary.

The senior leader said he has informed the BJP president Amit Shah about his resignation offer, with which he wants to send across a message of anti-dynastic politics as his son has got the Lok Sabha ticket.

A Rajya Sabha MP, Union minister and BJP leader Birender Singh does not want to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He says he wants to work to strengthen the party.

The Gaganshakti-2018 exercise seeks to test the IAF’s readiness and stamina for a two-front war with China and Pakistan.

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