INLD splits, Ajay Chautala to float new party

Chandigarh | Saturday | 17th November, 2018

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JIND/CHANDIGARH: The INLD split on Saturday with former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's elder son Ajay Singh Chautala declaring he will set up a new party. I will hand over their resignations to Om Prakash Chautala on November 20,” he said, indicating a meeting with the patriarch when he returns to Tihar Jail. "I will tell Om Prakash Chautala that those who resigned from the INLD are true workers of the party and not those who want to break and destroy it," he said.He claimed that someday the senior Chautala would join him on his platform. "Many workers have resigned from the INLD. “Forming and running a party is not everybody's cup of tea,” Abhay Chautala said.On a possible compromise between the two brothers, he said the two young leaders should have apologised over the "hooliganism" at the rally.“We were expecting Ajay Singh Chautala to convince his sons and ask them to seek an apology from their grandfather..