Chandigarh: Opposition Indian National Lok
Dal's Abhey Singh Chautala was sworn in as a member of Haryana
Assembly here on Wednesday following his election in a bypoll
last week.
Abhey, the younger son of former Chief Minister Om
Parkash Chautala, was elected from Ellenabad assembly
constituency defeating his nearest rival Congress' Bharat
Singh Beniwal by a margin of 6227 votes.
With this win, the strength of INLD in the 90-member
House has gone up to 31 and Abhey would join his father and
elder brother Ajay Singh as a member in the House.
Ruling Congress has 45 MLAs and also enjoys the support
of seven Independents besides a lone BSP legislator. While BJP
has four legislators, Shiromani Akali Dal and Haryana Janhit
Congress (BL) have one MLA each.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 18:36