Haryana Elections 2019: Gopal Kanda To Meet Amit Shah As BJP Targets Independent MLAs

Kanda who had lost assembly elections in 2014, managed to turn around his fortune by winning the election from Sirsa assembly seat by a slender margin of 602 votes.

GURGAON, INDIA - MAY 2: Former Haryana minister and Independent MLA from Sirsa City, Gopal Kanda launch his new party Haryana Lokhit party, on May 2, 2014 in Gurgaon, India. Former Home Minister of Haryana had on withdrawn support to the Hooda government. Kanda is facing trial in the suicide case of air-hostess Geetika Sharma and is currently out on bail. (Photo by Manoj Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

New Delhi: In wake of Bharatiya Janata Party's attempt to form government in Haryana without the support of Jannayak Janata Party, former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda is scheduled to hold a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday evening. Kanda, who claims to have at least 5 independent MLAs on his side, is said to have left for Delhi for the meeting to decide on the chances of giving support to the BJP in forming a government in the state. Kanda had lost assembly elections in 2014, but managed to turn his fortune around this time and has successfully won the election from Sirsa assembly seat by a slender margin of 602 votes. According to the latest trends, the BJP has managed to win 33 seats while it is leading on 7 others. The party has emerged as the single largest party in the state, but going by the trends, it will fall short of the half-way mark of 45 seats.