WATCH: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar pushes away a man wishing to take a selfie with him at an event in Karnal

Displeased with a man wishing to take a selfie with BJP leader and Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday, a video has emerged of Khattar pushing away the man at an event in Haryana's Karnal.

The video shows the man approaching Khattar from the front and attempting to take a selfie. A visibly upset Khattar is seen swatting away the man's phone before gesturing him to step aside before moving along the crowd showering them with rose petals.

2019 Lok Sabha Elections Result For Haryana: From 8 Seats In 2014 To 10 In 2019, BJP Goes From Strength-to-strength Despite Allegations Of Law-and-order Problems

BJP had managed to maintain its stronghold in Haryana in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by winning all the 10 seats in the state. Union Ministers Rao Inderjit Singh (Gurugram) and Krishan Pal Gurjar (Faridabad) won their respective constituencies. Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son Deepender Hooda lost in Sonipat and Rohtak seats respectively.

A total of 223 candidates, including two Union ministers and a former chief minister, were in the fray for the 10 seats. Prominent candidates in the fray included Union Ministers Krishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad and Rao Inderjit Singh from Gurgaon. VIP contestants included former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Sonipat, Kumari Selja from Ambala of the Congress and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala who is seeking second Lok Sabha term in Hisar.

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In the 2019 elections, AAP tried to make inroads in the state where Jats, a land-owning class, are the most dominant community. Even after holding alliance talks with Congress for the polls, AAP could not make it happen until the last date of filing nomination for the polls. Later, it entered into an alliance with JJP.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election,  BJP won seven of eight Lok Sabha seats the party contested in the state, following an aggressive campaign by BJP’s then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The INLD had won two while the Congress, which was in power at the time in Haryana could manage to secure only seat in in the Parliament in the previous polls.