Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Digvijay Chautala to take on Hooda in Sonepat
Digvijay, is seen to have a potential to cause a major dent in the Jat vote bank of Hooda, especially in the assembly segments falling in Jind district of Sonepat parliamentary constituency. Digvijay had mustered 38,000 votes in the recently held Jind bypoll and finished second.
Digvijay Chautala, the grandson of Indian National Lok Dal supremo Om Prakash Chautala, would take on two-time chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who had defeated his great grandfather Devi Lal, thrice.
Digvijay, 29, who would contest from Sonepat, was among three candidates fielded on Monday by the Jannayak Janta Party-Aam Aadmi Party (JJP-AAP) combine, the remaining two being Mahmood Khan, an alumnus of Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, who would contest from Gurugram and Jai Bhagwan, a businessman, from Kurukshetra.
Digvijay, is seen to have a potential to cause a major dent in the Jat vote bank of Hooda, especially in the assembly segments falling in Jind district of Sonepat parliamentary constituency. Digvijay had mustered 38,000 votes in the recently held Jind bypoll and finished second. President of the students wing of the JJP, Digvijay has been active in students politics for about five years.
While the seat has Ramesh Kaushik, the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Sonepat, Digvijay would take on Hooda who had defeated his great grandfather Devi Lal in 1991, 1996 and 1998 from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat. Sonepat is considered to be Hooda’s citadel.
With Monday’s announcement, the JJP-AAP combine has named its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The other seven are Dushyant Chautala from Hisar, Swati Yadav from Bhiwani-Mahendergarh, Pradeep Deswal from Rohtak, Nirmal Singh Malhadi from Sirsa, Prithvi Raj from Ambala, Krishan Kumar Aggrawal from Karnal and Naveen Jaihind from Faridabad.
Digvijay Chautala
President of Indian National Students Organisation, the students’ wing of the JJP, Digvijay has been active in students politics for about five years. Digvijay is seen to have a potential to cause a major dent in the Jat vote bank of Hooda, especially in the assembly segments falling in Jind district of Sonepat parliamentary constituency. He had mustered 38,000 votes in the recently held Jind bypoll and finished second.
Jai Bhagwan Sharma, 57
Jai Bhagwan, who is also popularly known as DD, has been active in politics and remained member of zila parishad, Kurukshetra. He fought Pehowa assembly seat in 2014 on a BJP ticket and garnered about 40,000 votes. He was also active in students politics and also twice remained president of Pipli grain market.
Mahboob Khan, 65
A bachelor from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Khan, is an alumnus of IIM, Ahmedabad, and has worked in several multi-national companies for over four decades. Having being named in the Forbes India Person of the Year 2009, he is also a recipient of NRI Bharat award. He is currently into social work and office-holder of four social fora.
