In a big setback for the BJP in Haryana amid the Lok Sabha elections, the Nayab Singh Saini government lost majority as three independents withdrew their support and went with the Congress. The MLAs were reportedly unhappy after finding no place in the Saini cabinet. The three MLAs are Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder. The three MLAs held a press conference along with former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and State Congress chief Udai Bhan to announce their decision. Udai Bhan said, “The three Independent MLAs — Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Singh Gollen and Dharampal Gonder — have withdrawn their support to the BJP government and extended their support to the Congress.” “I also want to say that the present strength of (90-member) Haryana Assembly is 88, of which the BJP has 40 members….Nayab Singh Saini’s government is now a minority government. Saini should tender his resignation as he does not have the right to stay even for a minute.”
