Delhi polls: JJP to decide on seats it could contest by this week

The Jannayak Janata Party on Tuesday said it will make a decision within this week on the seats it could contest in the upcoming Delhi Assembly election.

"Over the next 2-3 days, we will have a meeting and, thereafter, decide which seats should be viable for us to contest," Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala said here.

The JJP, which is in alliance with the BJP in Haryana, had on Saturday announced that it would contest the Delhi assembly polls, but put the ball in the saffron party's court on the question of alliance.

The party had fought the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Haryana in alliance with the Aam Aaadmi Party.

In an informal conversation, Chautala told reporters that his party is considering to contest the Delhi polls on "one to two dozen seats" out of the 70 assembly constituencies.

Dushyant, who is also the Delhi incharge of the JJP, had earlier announced that the party would also bring out its manifesto for the assembly election, which will be held on February 8.

The JJP is eyeing over a dozen seats along Delhi-Haryana border, which have a sizeable Jat population, party sources said.

Five separate committees of the party, headed by its senior leaders, will do the screening of its prospective candidates for the election, according to the sources.

The JJP was floated after a split in the Indian National Lok Dal a year ago following a feud in the Chautala clan.