Poll Vault: ‘Rahul, Priyanka political tourists’

Congress’ star campaigners brother-sister duo Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi continue to be in the firing line of BJP leaders. After Amit Shah, caretaker Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday termed them as ‘political tourists’ referring to their roadshow saying they only come to Haryana for 2-3 day jaunts.

Hooda junior’s jibe at Khattar

Gurugram: Former CM and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s reported absence from the poll campaign in Ahirwal, especially Gurugram, continues to evoke interest even in the Opposition. Congress MP Deepender Hooda made a rather below-the-belt remark against Khattar, saying the former CM was becoming ‘unwanted’ even within the saffron party.

Kuldeep Bishnoi & empty chairs

Hisar: As a video of senior BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi being greeted by a handful of supporters in front of empty chairs went viral, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala took a dig at the scion of the Bhajan Lal clan. Sharing the video on his X account, he mockingly remarked that a person who aspired for the CM’s chair, is being greeted by empty chairs. Haryana Congress on its X account was nastier, saying trends of Adampur are showing the result of Haryana polls.

BJP big guns skip Shah’s rally

Hisar: Mahendragarh: Certain senior BJP leaders, including Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh and former minister Ram Bilas Sharma, skipped the rally addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Nangal Choudhary here to seek vote for BJP candidate Abhe Singh Yadav. Their absence in the rally soon became talk of the town. Yadav reportedly owes his allegiance to anti-Rao faction in the BJP.

(Contributed by Pradeep Sharma, Sumedha Sharma, Deepender Deswal & Ravinder Saini)