Bishnoi, the younger son of former Chief Minister late Bhajan Lal, had recently snapped ties with the BJP after the latter did not agree to give HJC 45 of the total 90 assembly seats besides projecting the HJC chief as Chief Ministerial candidate.
Bishnoi and two immediate members of his family have jumped into the electoral fray.
While Bishnoi is contesting from the family's pocket borough Adampur in Hisar, from where his wife Renuka was earlier an MLA, the latter is contesting this time from Hansi, where she is up against turncoat and BJP candidate Chattarpal.
Bishnoi's elder brother and former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan, who had shot into limelight five years ago for converting to Islam and becoming Chand Mohammed to marry former state law officer Anuradha Bali alias Fiza Mohammed (who later passed away), is also contesting.
However, he had later re-converted.
Chander Mohan will contest from Nalwa in Hisar district this time and is up against Congress MLA Sampat Singh.
Last time he was fielded from Kalka-Panchkula area.
After separating from BJP, Bishnoi forged an alliance with Sharma's party and are now jointly contesting the October 15 polls.
While the HJC is contesting 65 seats, 25 seats are being fought by the JCP.
Both Venod and Bishnoi exude confidence that the HJC-JCP alliance will get a "majority" on their own.
"There is a visible change, the people are fed up. People know that development during the Congress rule has remained restricted to Rohtak region. In Ambala City, as in many other parts of Haryana, lack of employment remains a big issue, everybody wants that there should be a uniform of policy in providing jobs.
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