Challenging him is Union Steel Minister Birender Singh’s son Brijendra Singh, a former bureaucrat who is the BJP candidate. And it is not without reason that Mr. Chautala focussed his speech entirely on the BJP and its candidate. “The candidate’s father, Birender Singh is the Union Steel Minister, and Hisar is the steel capital of Haryana. A sharp polarisation between Jats (43%) and non-Jats (40%) tilted the scales in favour of Mr. Chautala. Mr. Bishnoi has merged the HJC with the Congress, while there are two Jat candidates in the fray — Mr. Chautala and Mr. Singh.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2019 15:56 UTC