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New Delhi: The jury is still out on whether Anna Hazare tilted the scales in the Hisar by-election contest but neither the winner Kuldeep Bishnoi and its alliance partner BJP nor the loser Congress willing to give him credit.Hazare himself, however, warned the Congress to take cue from the rout and pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Winter
Session of Parliament.
74-year-old Hazare, campaignging vigorously for passage of the Jan Lokpal bill wrote in his blog that he will
personally campaign against Congress in the next Assembly polls if it does not pass the Bill in the winter session of
Parliament.
A number of Assembly polls are scheduled next year including that of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarkhand and
Gujarat.
'Cong should take cue after its defeat in Hisar bypoll and pass Jan Lokpal Bill in Winter Session' said Hazare
seeking to take credit over the verdict in Hisar where Team Anna campaigned vigorously against the ruling party. Hazare is
on a vow of silence now.
Despite facing the ignominy of losing its deposit, Congress put up a brave face dismissing suggestions that Team
Anna played any role in the defeat and the rout was end of the road for Haryana Chief Minister B S Hooda.
Party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury also brushed aside claims that the defeat in Hisar as also in two Assembly
bypolls Khadakvasala in Maharashtra and Banswada in Andhra Pradesh would affect the coming Assembly polls in five states
including Uttar Pradesh. 'Now Team Anna should issue a certificate of 'no corruption' to Kuldeep Bishnoi,' she said.
Bishnoi, a candidate of the HVC-BJP, and son of late Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, also first claimed that Hazare
campaign had no impact on his victory but later conceded it benefited him a little.
BJP too was loathe to give credit to Hazare. When asked if some of the credit for Bishnoi'svictory goes to Team Anna
as well, party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain replied in the negative.
'I have read Anna's statements. He has appealed not for victory of any candidate but for the defeat of a party,' he
said.
Hussain hailed the victory of its candidates in various by-polls as people's verdict against a corrupt Congress
government at the Centre.
'This is an auspicious day for democracy. Congress, which is neck-deep in corruption, has lost the Hisar seat. Our
candidates have won in Daraunda and Kadakvasla. This is a victory of the people and of those who are raising their voice
against corruption,' BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said. Team Anna said the ruling party should take a lesson
from the defeat and ensure passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill as the election was a 'referendum' on it.
'It is a referendum on Jan Lokpal Bill. Congress should take a lesson and now pass Jan Lokpal Bill,' a Team Anna
member Arvind Kejriwal told PTI.
Haryana Janhit Congress chief Bishnoi, who was supported by BJP, won the Hisar bypolls defeating INLD's Ajay
Chautala. Congress' Jai Prakash was in the third position. PTI
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Session of Parliament.
74-year-old Hazare, campaignging vigorously for passage of the Jan Lokpal bill wrote in his blog that he will
personally campaign against Congress in the next Assembly polls if it does not pass the Bill in the winter session of
Parliament.
A number of Assembly polls are scheduled next year including that of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarkhand and
Gujarat.
'Cong should take cue after its defeat in Hisar bypoll and pass Jan Lokpal Bill in Winter Session' said Hazare
seeking to take credit over the verdict in Hisar where Team Anna campaigned vigorously against the ruling party. Hazare is
on a vow of silence now.
Despite facing the ignominy of losing its deposit, Congress put up a brave face dismissing suggestions that Team
Anna played any role in the defeat and the rout was end of the road for Haryana Chief Minister B S Hooda.
Party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury also brushed aside claims that the defeat in Hisar as also in two Assembly
bypolls Khadakvasala in Maharashtra and Banswada in Andhra Pradesh would affect the coming Assembly polls in five states
including Uttar Pradesh. 'Now Team Anna should issue a certificate of 'no corruption' to Kuldeep Bishnoi,' she said.
Bishnoi, a candidate of the HVC-BJP, and son of late Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, also first claimed that Hazare
campaign had no impact on his victory but later conceded it benefited him a little.
BJP too was loathe to give credit to Hazare. When asked if some of the credit for Bishnoi'svictory goes to Team Anna
as well, party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain replied in the negative.
'I have read Anna's statements. He has appealed not for victory of any candidate but for the defeat of a party,' he
said.
Hussain hailed the victory of its candidates in various by-polls as people's verdict against a corrupt Congress
government at the Centre.
'This is an auspicious day for democracy. Congress, which is neck-deep in corruption, has lost the Hisar seat. Our
candidates have won in Daraunda and Kadakvasla. This is a victory of the people and of those who are raising their voice
against corruption,' BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said. Team Anna said the ruling party should take a lesson
from the defeat and ensure passage of the Jan Lokpal Bill as the election was a 'referendum' on it.
'It is a referendum on Jan Lokpal Bill. Congress should take a lesson and now pass Jan Lokpal Bill,' a Team Anna
member Arvind Kejriwal told PTI.
Haryana Janhit Congress chief Bishnoi, who was supported by BJP, won the Hisar bypolls defeating INLD's Ajay
Chautala. Congress' Jai Prakash was in the third position. PTI
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