JJP will bring change: Digvijay Chautala

Digvijay Chautala, JJP candidate from the Jat-dominated Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency, says his party will fight for change and only a party with a progressive mindset will rule the country.

A member of one of the state's most influential political families, which saw a vertical split last year, Digvijay is pitted against BJP's sitting MP Ramesh Chandra Kaushik and former Haryana chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) candidate held the erstwhile Hooda-led Congress government responsible for putting his grandfather and INLD president Om Prakash Chautala and his father Ajay Chautala behind bars in connection with a teachers' recruitment scam.

However, he said, "We are here to bring change, not to take revenge."
Asked if he felt any pressure in the contest against Hooda -- one of Haryana's tallest Jat leaders, Digvijay, also a Jat, said, "No, there is no pressure. I have been an athlete and I am taking this election as a challenge. I have faith in the strength of my party workers and in God."
Speaking about the Jat quota stir, the JJP candidate said, "The BJP started the fire and the Congress, led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, added fuel to it. The Congress will have to pay the price for this in the elections."