HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi today said that BJP should make its stance on the issue clear "very soon" and declared that his party was competent to contest on all the 90 seats.
"BJP is doing injustice with us. On a number of occasions, our leaders met the BJP leaders. They had given time till today to respond on various issues that includes formally announcing the number of seats each partner is going to contest, but that has not been done so far," Bishnoi told reporters in Rohtak.
On possibility of a tie up with BSP, he said, "so far, I have not met any BSP leader"
After his elevation as party president in Delhi, Shah said about Haryana, "There is a need to change the government in the state. We should see that BJP alone gets the majority," he said, adding any possibility of alliance would be seen later.
When reporters questioned Bishnoi about the Shah's statement, Bishnoi said,"So far, we have learnt about it through the media. Nobody has said anything to us on the alliance issue".
While the HJC, led by Bishnoi, younger son of former Chief Minister late Bhajan Lal, has been asserting that they were "committed to be in alliance" with the BJP on the earlier agreed upon conditions.
According to the condition, both the partners would contest on 45 seats each and Bishnoi would be the Chief Minister for the first two-and-a-half years, if alliance is voted to power.
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