Murmuring of dissent amongst the Haryana Independent MLAs, on whose support the BJP-JJP Government survives,  has begun.

All the seven Independent MLAs who had given unconditional support to the coalition Government, held a meeting under the chairmanship of independent MLA from Rania and Haryana Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala in Chandigarh late on Tuesday evening apparently to discuss the case against against Meham's independent MLA Balraj Kundu and his brother.

However, talking to reporters in Chandigarh on Wednesday, Chautala downplayed the meeting and said it was held on general issues. He, however, refused to disclose anything regarding Kundu’s case. 

Sources said that in the meeting, while the independent MLAs supported Kundu, Chautala and Nayanpal Rawat, an independent legislator and chairman of Haryana Warehousing Corporation suggested that the issue should be discussed with Chief Minister Manohar Lal before taking any decision.

Winning from the Meham constituency, Kundu is another BJP rebel. He had sought a BJP ticket but when it fielded Shamsher Kharkara, he chose to fight as an Independent and won. The meeting of independent legislators is considered to be important after Kundu had given a warning two days ago to the coalition government to withdraw support.  Sources said that a strong objection was expressed to the case registered against Kundu and his brother by independent legislators. Independent legislators have indicated that they would pressurise the government on the matter.

Kundu and his brother have been booked for allegedly cheating their business partner Narender Dhankar and not paying back Rs 10.50 crore they owed to him.  Kundu had earlier said, “The police had booked me in a false case due to political pressure and former MLA Manish Grover is exhorting pressure on administration to implicate me in a false case.”

Two days ago, Kundu had threatened to withdraw support to the BJP- JJP government in Haryana if chief minister Khattar fails to order a probe into allegations of corruption against former cooperatives minister Manish Grover within a month. Grover is counted among the BJP leaders close to Khattar.

Kundu said he had demanded inquiry against Grover for allegedly allotting development projects in Rohtak to his relatives and favourite contractors by ignoring rules and regulations. He also alleged that Grover was also responsible for large scale irregularities in sugar mills across the state during his tenure as cooperatives minister.

The Haryana Police has charged Kundu and his brother Shivraj Kundu for allegedly cheating a Rohtak resident. A case was registered on January 17 against Balraj and his brother Shivraj under relevant Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to cheating, conspiracy and criminal breach of trust on a complaint lodged by one Narender Dhankhar.

Dhankar had alleged that the brothers, who run a construction company, were not paying money to him which they owed to him during business transactions. 

Kundu had alleged that he was being framed in the case due to political vendetta at the behest of a BJP leader from the state, who is a former minister. "I have been raising my voice against corruption. Such false cases will not suppress my voice," he told reporters in Rohtak.

Independent MLAs supporting the government include Kundu from Meham, Ranjit Singh Chautala from Rania, Nayanpal Rawat from Prithla, Sombir Sangwan from Dadri, Randhir Golan from Pundri, Rakesh Daulatabad from Badshahpur and Dharampal Gondar from Neelokheri.