JJP looking to expand base beyond its bastion
The Hindu
Jhajjar venue for foundation day event
Three years after the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) came into existence, breaking away from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the party is gearing up to commemorate its third foundation day on December 9 by holding a rally. In fact, it is for the first time that the party is celebrating its foundation day on a large scale, with the first two occasions marred by different reasons.
But it is the choice of the venue for the foundation day celebration by the party — with a majority of its support base among the Jats across the rural belt of Jind-Hisar-Kaithal — that has a political message for its opponents with a hint to expand its base beyond its bastion.
The rally’s venue, Jhajjar, a south Haryana district, is considered a stronghold of the Hoodas and also shares border with Gurugram-Rewari-Mahendragarh-Ahirwal belt that swears by BJP Lok Sabha MP and Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh, the scion of Rao Tula Ram.
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