New Delhi, Mar 19 () The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed the claims of grandchildren of late Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur over the ownership of the iconic Jai Mahal hotel. The appellate tribunal has set aside the previous orders of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which had allowed Maharaja Dev Raj and Rajkumari Lalitya Kumar majority stake in the company Jai Mahal Hotels Pvt Ltd, which owns the majestic property. A two-member NCLAT bench observed that Rajkumar Dev Raj and Rajkumari Lalitya "can not claim title on the basis of succession certificate dated February 19, 2009". "The alleged acts of oppression complained of by 1st and 2nd respondents (Rajkumar Dev Raj and Rajkumari Lalitya) occurred around 2001. Maharani Gayatri Devi on the death of Maharaj Jagat Singh (her son) on February 5, 1997 became his sole legatee by virtue of will dated June 23, 1996," NCLAT said in an order dated March 12. "Therefore, Rajkumar Dev Raj and Rajkumari Lalitya cannot claim inheritance on original 5,050 shares to be legal heirs of Late Maharaj Jagat Singh on his death (February 5, 1997)," it said. The NCLAT also said that "alleged acts of oppression complained of by 1st and 2nd respondents occurred around 2001" and they became shareholders of Jai Mahal Hotels on November 14, 2008 and February 19, 2009. "The Tribunal (NCLT) failed to consider the abovesaid aspects and wrongly held that Rajkumar Dev Raj and Rajkumari Lalitya inherited the shares of Late Maharaj Jagat Singh on February 5, 1997 on the death of Maharaj Jagat Singh," it said while setting aside the previous order. NCLAT further said that Maharani Gayatri Devi, who was at all material times including in 2001, was the sole legatee of Late Maharaja Jagat Singh, had through a letter on April 10, 2001 left it open to Jai Mahal Hotel to offer the shares to other existing shareholders and declined to subscribe to any shares. "In view of the aforesaid finding the impugned judgement dated August 1, 2018 passed by the Tribunal cannot be upheld. It is accordingly set aside," said NCLAT. Earlier on August 1, 2018 NCLT had restored the ownership of Jai Mahal hotel in favour of grandchildren of late Maharani Gayatri Devi. Allowing the petition of Gayatrai Devi's grandchildren, NCLT had set aside the resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of the company held in March 1999 and March 2001 regarding appointments on board and dilution of their stake. It had restored the "position ante immediately upon death of Maharaja Jai Singh " and set aside the resolution passed in the board meeting regarding allotment of shares. NCLT had restored their original position of the shareholding as well as the board of directors, and thereby making the grandchildren of Maharani Gayatri Devi as the owners of the Jai Mahal hotel in Jaipur. The grandchildren had earlier won the battle for transmission of their father's shares in their names. Built in 1745, the Jai Mahal Palace is now operated as a hotel by Taj group of Hotels. It has 94 rooms and six suites. KRH DRR

NCLAT dismisses Gayatri Devi's grandchildren claim on Jai Mahal Hotel

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Karan Johar is also happy with the way things are going. “Thank you for the immense love and appreciation for Hasee Toh Phasee, a film I am extremely proud of,” he tweeted on Sunday. 
 
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<keyword id="1977299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Babloo-Happy-Hai">Babloo Happy Hai</keyword>, <keyword id="828628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ya-Rab">Ya Rab</keyword> fail to make the cut The other two releases of the week also failed to make the cut at the box office in spite of some serious themes. Directed by <keyword id="475774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nila-Madhab-Panda">Nila Madhab Panda</keyword> (of Jalpari and I am Kalam fame), Babloo Happy Hai has a meaningful message about <keyword id="19472" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="aids">AIDS</keyword> and how people can still live a full life. But the movie has a <keyword id="110559" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Limited-release">limited release</keyword> and hit only about 350-plus screens. It has grossed a little over Rs 15 lakh on the opening day, according to TalkingMoviez.com. 
 
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Box Office: Hasee Toh
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We present to you a list of Indian politicians who have a royal background.

Indian Politicians Who Have A Royal Background

The nominations for the 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy and Awards, popularly known as IIFA, were announced on Monday. 'Brahmastra Part One: <keyword id="33379" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="shiva" source="Orion">Shiva</keyword>', 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', 'Darlings' and are leading the pack with ten, five and five nominations, respectively. 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', 'Darlings', 'Drishyam 2', '<keyword id="8223714" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="gangubai-kathiawadi" source="Orion">Gangubai Kathiawadi</keyword>' and 'Vikram Vedha' have made it to the nomination list of the Best Picture category. Top picks for the Direction category are 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva', 'Darlings', 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', 'Monica O My Darling' and 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect'. The nominees for Performance in a Leading Role (Female) are Yami Gautam Dhar for 'A Thursday', Tabu for 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', Alia Bhatt for 'Darlings', Shefali Shah again for 'Darlings' and Alia Bhatt for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'. Kartik Aaryan ('Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2'), Abhishek Bachchan ('Dasvi'), Ajay Devgn ('Drishyam 2'), Rajkummar Rao ('Monica O My Darling'), Anupam Kher ('The Kashmir Files') and Hrithik Roshan ('Vikram Vedha') are the nominees for Performance in a Leading Role (Male). The nominees for Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) are Sheeba Chadha ('Badhaai Do'), Mouni Roy ('Brahmastra Part One: Shiva'), Nimrat Kaur ('Dasvi'), Tabu ('Drishyam 2') and <keyword id="133292" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="radhika-apte" source="Orion">Radhika Apte</keyword> ('Monica O My Darling'). For the Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) category the nominees are Abhishek Banerjee for 'Bhediya', Shah Rukh Khan for 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva', Vijay Raaz for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', Anil Kapoor for '<keyword id="10488529" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="jugjugg-jeeyo" source="Orion">Jugjugg Jeeyo</keyword>' and Sikander Kher for 'Monica O My Darling'. Pritam ('Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' and 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva'), Sanjay Leela Bhansali ('Gangubai Kathiawadi'), Oaff and Savera ('Gehraiyaan'), Tanishk Bagchi, Pozy ('Niranjan Dhar'), Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke ('Jugjugg Jeeyo') have bagged the nominations for Music Direction. Jonita Gandhi for the song 'Deva Deva' ('Brahmastra Part One: Shiva'), Shreya Ghoshal for 'Rasiya' ('Brahmastra Part One: Shiva') 'Jab Saiyaan' (Gangubai Kathiawadi), Lothika for 'Doobey' ('Gehraiyaan') and Kavita Seth for 'Rangi Sari' - traditional/folk song ('Jugjugg Jeeyo') are in the race for Playback Singer (Female) category. The nominees for Playback Singer (Male) are Arijit Singh for 'Kesariya' and 'Deva Deva' ('Brahmastra Part One: Shiva'), Mohit Chauhan for 'Gehraiyaan' (reprise), Kanishk Seth for 'Rangi Sari' - traditional/folk song ('Jugjugg Jeeyo') and Aditya Rao for 'Behney Do' ('Rocketry: The Nambi Effect') Furthermore, the nominees for Best Story (Original) are Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for 'Badhaai Do', Ayan Mukherji for 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva', R. Balki for 'Chup', Jasmeet K. Reen and Parveez Shaikh for 'Darlings' and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri for 'The Kashmir Files'. The nominees for Best Story (Adapted) are Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak for 'Drishyam 2', S.Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', <keyword id="4186994" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="yogesh-chandekar" source="Orion">Yogesh Chandekar</keyword> for 'Monica O My Darling', R.Madhavan for 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' and Pushkar-Gayatri and BA Fida for 'Vikram Vedha'. The nominees for Lyrics are Varun Grover for the song 'Atak Gaya Hai' ('Badhaai Do'), Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song 'Kesariya' ('Brahmastra Part One: Shiva'), A.M. Turaz for the song 'Jab Saiyaan' ('Gangubai Kathiawadi'), Ankur Tewari for the song 'Gehraiyaan' ('Gehraiyaan') and Raj Shekhar for the song 'Behney Do' ('Rocketry: The Nambi Effect'). Global voting will go live on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The 23rd edition of IIFA will be held at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, on February 9, 10 and 11, 2023. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/what-india-watched-on-netflix-in-2022-korean-dramas-rrr-alia-bhatt-movies-in-the-list/slidelist/96455203.cms">Korean dramas, RRR, Alia Bhatt &amp; more - These kept India hooked to Netflix in 2022</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/first-time-on-screen-pairings-in-2023-in-bollywood/articleshow/96447413.cms">From SRK-Taapsee to Ayushmann-Ananya: First time on-screen Bollywood pairings in 2023</a>

'Brahmastra', 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', 'Darlings' lead in IIFA nominations

The <keyword id="6354977" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="supreme-court" source="Orion">Supreme Court</keyword> on Monday sought reply from the Centre on a plea seeking social security benefits for <keyword id="7771650" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gig-workers" source="Orion">gig workers</keyword> employed by online food delivery, taxi aggregators, courier applications such as <keyword id="6354720" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola" source="Orion">Ola</keyword>, <keyword id="1042120" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="uber" source="Orion">Uber</keyword>, <keyword id="830092" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="zomato" source="Orion">Zomato</keyword>, <keyword id="6358977" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="swiggy" source="Orion">Swiggy</keyword>, etc. Senior advocates Indira Jaising and Gayatri Singh argued for the petitioner, The Indian Federation of app-based Transport Workers (IFAT). It was argued that at present these workers are not being provided the benefit of social security under any of the labour legislations-organised or unorganised. The counsel for petitioners argued that they are seeking a declaration that gig workers were entitled to protection as unorganised workers. After hearing arguments in the matter, a bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao issued notice on the petition. Jaising submitted the petitioner seeks a declaration that the drivers or delivery workers are actually workmen in the classical sense of the word, and emphasised that worldwide for Uber they have been considered as workers. During the hearing, the top court cited the new legislation Social Security Code 2020 passed by Parliament last year has a chapter on the welfare of gig workers. The counsel submitted that the gig workers under existing law, would fall under the unorganised worker. The plea, filed through advocate Nupur Kumar, said "The Respondents' companies herein have been claiming that there exists no contract of employment between them and the petitioners and that their relationship with the petitioners are in the nature of partnership. If such a claim were to be accepted, this would be inconsistent with the purpose of social-welfare legislations..." The plea contended that the respondent companies, which own the apps, exercise complete supervision and control over the manner and method of the work with those who are allowed to register on the said apps. "Denial of the social security to the "gig workers" and the "platform workers" is an affront to the workers' right to life and right against forced labour that are secured by Articles 14, 21 and 23 of the Constitution of India", added the plea. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/after-giving-up-on-90-minute-delivery-five-years-ago-due-to-lack-of-profitability-grofers-is-now-chasing-10-minute-delivery/articleshow/88253221.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">After giving up on 90-minute delivery five years ago due to lack of profitability, Grofers is now chasing 10-minute delivery</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/ussd-mobile-banking-charges-trai-vs-airtel-vodafone-idea/articleshow/88249773.cms">TRAI’s push to make mobile banking services via USSD free faces stiff opposition from Airtel, Vodafone Idea</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/shares-of-tega-industries-list-at-753-while-the-shares-were-allotted-at-453-per-share/articleshow/88249181.cms">Tega Industries meets its GMP of ₹300 and lists at 66% premium</a>

Indian Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on plea seeking benefits for gig workers of Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber

Mumbai, Sep 13 (PTI) Production houses T-Series and Reliance Entertainment have come together to produce more than 10 films across various genres. The collaboration, that brings the production houses together with an investment of approximately Rs 1000cr, will produce big budget tentpole projects as well as mid-small budget "content rich films", a release said. According to a statement from the studios, the slate includes Hindi remakes of Tamil blockbusters, a biopic, an espionage thriller, a court room drama as well as a satire comedy, a romance drama and a film based on "true events." The upcoming movies will be produced over the course of next 24 to 36 months, with filmmakers -- Pushkar and Gayatri, Vikramjit Singh, Mangesh Hadawale, Srijit Mukherji and Sankalp Reddy -- on board to direct. Bhushan Kumar's T-Series and Reliance Entertainment have worked together on the music marketing front for more than 100 films. Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, T-Series, said the collaboration between the two studios has happened at the perfect time. "After working on music marketing together, this collaboration has happened on the right time and this will just strengthen our ties. Shibasish and I hope to give our Hindi film audiences new and unconventional films," he said. Shibasish Sarkar, Group CEO, Reliance Entertainment, said he is looking forward to a fruitful partnership with T-Series. "This partnership with Bhushan will surely mark the beginning of a great feat in Indian film industry as we move on to offer a bouquet of path-breaking and momentous films to our audience," Sarkar said. As per the release, the projects are at various stages of development and four to five films will have a "comfortable big screen release worldwide, starting next year-2022." PTI JUR SHD SHD

T-Series, Reliance Entertainment join hands to produce big budget, content rich films

Mumbai, Apr 24 () The BombayHigh Court has said itis imperative that the Union government and the authorities inMaharashtra find an "effective solution" to ensure 'non-COVID-19' patients are not denied medical treatment at a time whenthe focus is on fighting the coronavirus outbreak.Justice K R Sriram made the observation on Thursdaywhile hearing three different petitions highlighting theplight of people suffering from several chronic or seriousailments, who the pleas said, are being turned away fromclinics and hospitals.The petitions also highlight issues such as lack ofadequate facilities and medical infrastructure in state,municipal-run, and private hospitals in current times.The judge said the authorities must take a seriousnote of the issues and directed the Maharashtra government andthe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to file a replyto the pleas by April 29.Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, the counselfor the Centre, told the HC the Supreme court, too, washearing a similar plea where the Union government would listnecessary steps being taken.Therefore, the Union government's reply was notrequired to be filed before the HC, Anil Singh said."I would expect the concerned to take these petitionsvery seriously and come (up) with an effective solution intheir affidavits."Other respondents may also give their suggestions tothe Corporation/State Government/Central Government," JusticeSriram said.The pleas, filed by two advocates and a city activist,said that as per news reports and their own findings, severalnon-COVID patients were being denied admission ortreatment asmedical staff feared the spread of coronavirus at theirhospitals or clinics, or due to lack of doctors, technicians,medical staff, hospital beds, protective kits.The petitioners cited several such instances beforethe court during the hearing.Advocate Gayatri Singh, the counsel for one of thepetitioners, told the court that often when patients wereturned away, it was not because there are not enough doctorsor, medical staff.But such staff and doctors were not provided withprotective gears and safety kits, among other things, tomitigate the risk of spread of coronavirus, Gayatri Singhsaid.The petitioners urged the HC to issue appropriatedirections to ensurehospitals did not refuse admission ofpatients sufferingfrom ailments other than COVID-19.One of the petitioners, advocate Mutahhar Khan, alsourged the court to issue interim directions to the authoritiesto take adequate steps to provide ambulances to ferry needypatients from their homes to hospitals, dialysis centres.Khan suggested that if required, the authorities couldconvert state-run buses or private mini buses into temporaryambulances for the purpose.The court said the petitioners could give theirsuggestions to the authorities to help them come up withappropriate measures to provide adequate medical assistance toall patients."In my view, this is an issue with which both thestate and central government should be concerned with andtherefore, petitioners may address their communications withsuggestions, if any, to the Health Secretary of the StateGovernment at Mantralaya and to the Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare in the Central Government," Justice Sriramsaid.BMC counsel Anil Sakhre told the court that the civicbody realised this was an "important issue" and that it wouldfile an appropriate reply. AYARSY RSY

Ensure non-COVID-19 patients get proper medical care: HC

Mumbai, Apr 30 () The Bombay High Court on Thursdaydirected the Maharashtra government and the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC) to make public details of thearrangements made to ensure medical treatment for non-COVID-19patients.Justice B Colabawalla issued the direction after BMCcounsel Anil Sakhre told the high court that the civic bodyhad directed all private hospitals, clinics, dispensaries toremain open and provide treatment to non-COVID-19 patients.The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by alawyer and social activists highlighting the plight of peoplesuffering from several chronic or serious ailments beingturned away from clinics and hospitals, and issues such aslack of adequate facilities and medical infrastructure in thestate, municipal-run, and private hospitals in current times.Senior advocate Gayatri Singh, counsel for one of thepetitioners, told the high court that while the BMC had issuedthe above directions, it was imperative that the authoritiesensured implementation on the ground considering that thereexisted a shortage of PPE kits, health staff, and medicalinfrastructure.She pointed out that the state and municipalauthorities did not have a detailed action plan for non-COVID-19 patients and several people had died of lack oftreatment already.She added that the authorities must also come up witha helpline for non-coronavirus patients to assist them withambulance, mobile medical aid, list of hospitals and clinicsproviding treatment.The petitioners also suggested that the authoritiescould make arrangements for mobile clinics, and paramedicalservices at different locations to help non COVID patients whodid not necessarily require hospitalisation but were in needof preliminary check-ups, dialysis, or other such aid.At this, Justice Colabawalla said that the BMC and thestate had to ensure implementation of their directions toprovide medical aid to non-COVID-19 patients.He said that the authorities must make public allinformation on the hospitals and clinics that will remain openfor other patients, and those that are meant exclusively forCOVID-19 patients.He directed Sakhre and the state's counsel, advocatePoornima Kantharia to file their respective affidavits withintwo weeks, advocate Singh said. AYANP NP

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Polling began on Monday morning in 90 assembly constituencies of Haryana and during first over two hours poll percentage in the state was 7.44 per cent. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, officials said. As per the Election Commission data, brisk polling was going on in many districts. Among other districts, poll percentage in Jind was 7.91 per cent, <keyword id="57750" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhiwani">Bhiwani</keyword> 10.76 pc, Ambala 6.67 pc, Palwal 8.88 pc, Gurgaon 6.40 pc, Faridabad 6.10 pc, Mewat 10.24 pc, Rewari 6.79 pc, <keyword id="49507" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="rohtak">Rohtak</keyword> 9.80 pc, Hisar 11 pc and in <keyword id="53970" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnal">Karnal</keyword> district it was 5.92 pc. Panchkula district had the lowest polling percentage at 2.46 pc. As many as 1,169 candidates including 105 women of various political parties are contesting the election. The prominent figures include Chief Minister Manohar Lal <keyword id="900635" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Khattar">Khattar</keyword>, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, JJP's Dushyant Chautala and INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala. Haryana's lone woman minister Kavita Jain along with her husband and BJP leader Rajiv Jain and their two children, both first time voters, were among the early voters to cast vote in Sonipat. Chief Minister Khattar was travelling by a Jan Shatabdi train from Chandigarh to to cast his vote in Karnal from where he is seeking re-election. Dushyant Chautala rode a tractor to reach the polling booth in Sirsa along with his wife Meghna and MLA-mother Naina Chautala to cast their votes. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala along with his wife Gayatri exercised their right to franchise in Kaithal while Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja exercised her vote in Sirsa. Wrestler-turned-politician and BJP candidate from <keyword id="80511" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dadri">Dadri</keyword>, Babita Phogat also cast her vote from her native village in Bhiwani along with his father Mahavir Phogat and sister Geeta Phogat. Some contesting candidates also offered prayers at temples and other places of worship before casting their votes. The BJP led by Khattar has set a target of winning 75 seats, while the Congress is hoping to make a comeback following a change in guard in the state. Currently, the BJP has 48 members in the state assembly. As many as 19,578 polling stations have been set, including 13,837 in rural areas, Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, Anurag Agarwal said. Tight security arrangements have been made and over 75,000 security personnel have been mobilised for the polls, DGP Manoj Yadava said earlier. Over 1.83 crore voters are eligible to vote that includes 85 lakh women, over one lakh service voters and 252 transgenders. This time, out of total eligible voters, over 89 lakh young voters are under 40 years of age and there are also over 3.82 lakh voters, many of them first-timers, who fall in the age group of 18-19 years. As many as 27,611 voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines are being used for the polls. CEO Agarwal said that webcasting would be done at 3,100 critical and vulnerable polling stations in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Khattar and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has appealed to people to come out and vote in large numbers. In the polls, Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), a breakaway faction of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), is hoping for an improvement in its prospects following the debacle in Lok Sabha election, in which Bharatiya Janata Party had won all the 10 seats in the state. The JJP had emerged on the scene following a feud in the Chautala clan in December last year. The BSP, AAP, INLD-SAD combine, Swaraj India and the Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP) have thrown their hat into the ring, though none of them is fighting on all 90 seats. Prominent amongst those in the contest are Chief Minister Khattar (Karnal), former chief minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Garhi Sampla-Kiloi) and Randeep Singh Surjewala (Kaithal). The BJP has fielded three sportspersons -- Babita Phogat (Dadri), Yogeshwar Dutt (Baroda in Sonipat) and Sandeep Singh (Pehowa) -- besides TikTok star Sonali Phogat (Adampur). Prestige of families of Haryana's famous 'Lals' -- Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal, who were former chief ministers--is at stake. Late Bansi Lal's daughter-in-law Kiran Choudhary (Tosham) and son Ranbir Mahendra (Badhra) are contesting as Congress candidates. Devi Lal's great grandson and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala (Uchana Kalan) and granddaughter-in-law Naina Chautala (Badhra) are fighting as JJP candidates. Devi Lal's grandson and former chief minister O P Chautala's son Abhay Singh Chautala is fighting as INLD candidate (from Ellenabad). Late Bhajan Lal's sons Kuldeep Bishnoi (Adampur) and Chander Mohan (Panchkula) are in the fray as Congress nominees. While BJP denied tickets to 12 of its 48 sitting legislators including two Ministers, the Congress retained its sitting legislators while the INLD saw its prominent faces switching over to the BJP, the Congress and the JJP. In the 2014 assembly polls, the BJP for the first time came to power in Haryana on its own winning 47 seats. It won the Jind bypolls earlier this year, taking its total strength in the state assembly to 48. The INLD had 19 MLAs while the Congress has 17 legislators. The BSP and the SAD had bagged one seat each in the last polls while five were Independents.

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