Bhajan Lal

Bhajan Lal takes Chander Mohan back into family fold

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

A year after disowning his son Chander Mohan, Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) chief Bhajan Lal has accepted him back in the family.

Bhajan Lal's MLAs head to Congress

rediff News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

With this development, Bhajan Lal's son Kuldeep Bishnoi, with just two MLAs on his side, stands isolated. He was expected to join the Congress, but the latest development has taken the wind out of his sails

Hooda splits Bhajan camp

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

New Delhi, Nov. 9: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today engineered a split in Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress, four of whose legislators joined the Congress.

Four legislators of Bhajan Lal's party join Congress

Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

CHANDIGARH: Four newly-elected legislators of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana. The HJC is led by former chief minister Bhajan Lal and his son Kuldeep Bishnoi. The HJC had six legislators in the assembly.

Bhajan Lal keeps up suspense

Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

HaryanaBhajan Lal keeps up suspense Rajesh Ahuja “Party not yet finalised stand on support”Congress bid to win back ’estranged’ Bhajan LalCHANDIGARH: Even as the new Congress regime in Haryana headed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was getting ready to prove its majority on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday, speculation was rife in political circles here on Tuesday whether...

Bhajan Lal not averse to merging with Congress

Times of India (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

Haryana Janhit founder Bhajan Lal has warmed to the propects of backing bete-noire Bhupinder Singh Hooda as chief minister and is not averse to his party's merger with Congress.

Cong in touch with Bhajan Lal-led party, independents

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

Congress has opened channels of communication with Bhajan Lal-led breakaway faction for support and is wooing the seven successful Independent MLAs to form a govt in Haryana.

• Haryana: Bhajan Lal's party may be 'kingmaker' - rediff News

Haryana: Bhajan Lal's party may be 'kingmaker'

rediff News (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

With Haryana assembly polls producing a fractured mandate, the Congress has opened channels of communication with Bhajan Lal-led breakaway faction for support and is wooing the seven successful Independent MLAs to help form the next government in the state.

Bhajan Lal holds the key to govt in Haryana

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

As Bhajan Lal, the harbinger of aya ram gaya ram brand of politics in Haryana, is once again in the focus, the Congress has engaged the services of old-timers Moti Lal Vohra and ML Fotedar to woo him and his son, Kuldip Bishnoi. Vohra and Fotedar reportedly had a word with Bhajan Lal on Thursday. Bhajan Lal was expelled from the Congress in 2006 after his son floated HJC.

Haryana's 'Aya Ram-Gaya Rams' survive despite anti-defection law (News Analysis)

Sify (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

... one week. Five out of the six newly elected legislators of the HJC, led by former chief minister Bhajan Lal and his son Kuldeep Bishnoi, dumped the party to 'unconditionally' join the ruling Congress. The sole exception was Bishnoi himself, the hapless HJC president reduced to a one-man party in the assembly. The Congress, led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, had emerged as the single largest party...

Another HJC MLA joins Congress

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

CHANDIGARH: The strength of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), floated by the former Chief Minister, Bhajan Lal, has been reduced to just one in the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha after its fifth MLA also formally joined the Congress on ...

Four HJC legislators join Congress in Haryana

Sify (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

In a dramatic political development, four newly-elected legislators belonging to former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana.

Cong gets simple majority in Haryana, HJC MLA joins party

rediff News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

The Congress on Tuesday gained simple majority in the Haryana assembly with a member of legislative assembly from Haryana Janhit Congress (Bhajan Lal) joining the ruling party on Monday.

Four HJC lawmakers join Congress in Haryana

Sify (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

In a dramatic political development, four newly-elected legislators belonging to former chief minister Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) Monday joined the Congress party in Haryana. But the added numbers still do not give the ruling Congress clear majority in the assembly.

Cong gets simple majority in Haryana, HJC MLA joins party

Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

The Congress on Tuesday gained simple majority in the Haryana assembly with a member of legislative assembly from Haryana Janhit Congress (Bhajan Lal) joining the ruling party on Monday.