Gopal Kanda: BJP has a lot to answer for Haryana's new kingmaker

The BJP has also been criticised for the mismatch between seeking support from a rape accused and its much-publicised Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign

Gopal Kanda, founder of the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP), is the new sensation in the state’s politics. But his chequered career cost him dear as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declined his unconditional support to the party and forged an alliance with the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party.

The BJP leadership took the decision after facing backlash from across party lines, after a picture that went viral on social media on Friday showed him with five other new members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) en route to meet BJP president J P Nadda.

On Thursday, addressing the media, Kanda,