Key Highlights
- Amid this backdrop, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu’s name has suddenly surfaced as a possible BJP candidate from Haryana.
- Bittu, who switched from Congress to the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, lost from Ludhiana but was later elected to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in August 2024 and inducted as Minister of State in the Modi Cabinet.
- His emergence in Haryana’s political circles coincides with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s growing outreach in Punjab, signaling the BJP’s intent to strengthen its position in the border state ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls.
- Bittu, 51, carries a significant political legacy as the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, assassinated by Khalistani militants in 1995.
- Known for his vocal opposition to separatist elements, Bittu has previously represented Anandpur Sahib in 2009 and Ludhiana in 2014 and 2019 as a Congress MP.
