Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 | 'Haryana will have Dalit deputy CM if INLD wins,' says ally Mayawati

Chandigarh: Haryana will have a Dalit deputy chief minister if the BSP - INLD alliance comes to power after the October 5 polls, BSP supremo Mayawati said on Wednesday.

. The Bahujan Samaj Party president said that if the alliance wins, Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala will be the chief minister and he will have two deputies.

. Mayawati made the remarks while addressing a public gathering in Uchana in Jind on the occasion of 111th birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister late Devi Lal. She also raised the demand for a caste census.

. "A deputy chief minister from the Dalit community will be from the BSP, while another will be from other backward classes or upper caste," she said.

. "In the country's interest, I demand the Centre conduct a caste census, which was kept on hold by the Congress government earlier and now by the present BJP-led Centre," she added.

.Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 | Voting for Congress means putting state's stability, development at stake: PM Modi. Abhay Chautala, who too was at the dias, announced a slew of welfare measures, such as free cooking gas cylinders, a cash dole of Rs 1,100 to households, free electricity, and implementation of the Old Pension Scheme, which his government will undertake if the alliance comes to power.

. If anyone falls ill and has to go for treatment in other states, he will get free treatment, Chautala said.

. He also announced free plots of 100 square yards to the poor.

. Haryana goes to polls on October 5 while results will be declared on October 8.

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 | 'Haryana will have Dalit deputy CM if INLD wins,' says ally Mayawati

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